Based on data collected from 286 Chinese companies, this paper analyses the key issues in information system management in Mainland China. By ranking the individual issues and comparing them with the results of an earlier study, our findings reveal that while the top three critical issues remain...

In a paper of 2000, Kaas, Dhaene and Goovaerts investigate the present value of a rather general cash flow as a special case of sums of dependent risks. Making use of comonotonic risks, they derive upper and lower bounds for the distribution of the present value, in the sense of convex ordering....

Vele vaak gebruikte statistische methoden geven onbetrouwbare resultaten in de aanwezigheid van uitschieters. Robuuste statistische methoden blijven goed werken wanneer er atypische observaties aanwezig zijn of wanneer er niet perfect aan andere modelvoorwaarden voldaan is. Ofschoon de theorie...

Long-run marketing-mix effectiveness lies at the heart of marketing strategies that try to create a sustainable competitive advantage for the brand or firm. We review contributions in the area of persistence modeling, and show how this approach allows to combine into one measure the net long-run...

De snelle technologische evolutie op het vlak van hardware en software enerzijds en computercommunicatie anderzijds heeft reeds meerdere malen geleid tot drastische wijzigingen bij het gebruik van de informaticatechnologie. In een periode van ongeveer 60 jaar kunnen reeds drie merkwaardige...

In this paper the position of cities in the present knowledge economy is explored. We argue that the knowledge economy asks for ‘creative cities’, being cities that are able to combine both concentration, diversity, instability as well as a positive image in the outside world. After having...

This paper discusses recent developments in the theories about macro-economic fluctuations. We start with a review of some important empirical regularities. The New Classical economists interpret the macro-economic fluctuations as responses to unanticipated monetary and persistent real shocks...

The use of computers for information systems started in the mid fifties of the previous century. In this paper only the software side of information systems will be considered. The purpose is to present the most remarkable developments in that area. Before doing this, we take a look at the...