This book addresses the challenging task of demand forecasting and inventory management in retailing. It analyzes how information from point-of-sale scanner systems can be used to improve inventory decisions, and develops a data-driven approach that integrates demand forecasting and inventory...

Introduction: the economics of trading -- Introduction to securities trading and markets -- Institutional trading -- Transaction costs -- Market fragmentation and regulation -- Adverse selection and market making -- Behavioral finance, the mind of the investor -- Random walks, risk and arbitrage...

Public finance seminar for phd students: -- The property tax -- Public production functions -- Program evaluation -- Public cost functions -- Cost indexes and pupil weights -- School district consolidation -- The demand for local public services -- State aid to local governments -- Bidding and...

BIM and emerging technologies -- Built environment -- Construction waste management -- CSR and industry governance -- Green building -- Housing price and policy -- Innovation of construction management theory and practice -- Land use and transportation -- New construction technology and...

Operations Management in the Sharing Economy: An Integrated Perspective of Item-sharing and Crowdshipping -- The Student-Project Allocation Problem as Part of Timetabling in Project-Oriented Schools -- Multi-start Heuristics for Unit-Capacity Orienteering Problems -- Scheduling a two stage...