1. Foundations for design science methodology -- 2. Design science research -- 3. Design science methodology and design science cycle -- 4. The first phase of the design science cycle: Exploration phase -- 5. The second phase of the design science cycle: Synthesis phase -- 6. The third phase of...

This textbook offers a comprehensive yet concise introduction to the theory behind price indices, covering the basics, historical background, necessary mathematical foundations, and contemporary cutting-edge theories. For those looking to study price indices, the most commonly used resources...

Chapter 1. Statistics and Empirical Research -- Chapter 2. From Disarray to Dataset -- Chapter 3. Univariate Data Analysis -- Chapter 4. Bivariate Association -- Chapter 5. Classical Measurement Theory -- Chapter 6. Calculating Probability -- Chapter 7. Random Variables and Probability...

This book presents the answers to the exercises in Macroeconomic Theory, Fluctuations, Inflation and Growth in Closed and Open Economies, 2nd Edition, by Fernando de Holanda Barbosa (Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2024), hereafter referred as Macro Theory. Altogether, there are 170 exercises in...

Part I: Fundamentals and Pricing of Options and Futures -- Chapter 1. Fundamentals of options -- Chapter 2. The Black-Scholes model incl. the Greeks -- Chapter 3. Fundamentals and pricing of futures -- Part II: Option strategies -- Chapter 4. Basic strategies with options and bullish option...

-- Part I: Introduction. -- Chapter 1: The Management of International Business. -- Chapter 2: Socio-Ethical Issues and International Management. -- Part II: Cultural and Behavioral. -- Chapter 3: International Management and the Cultural Context. -- Chapter 4: International Communication and...

1. Towards a Digitally Enabled Knowledge Society -- 2. Knowledge in Organisations -- 3. Organisational Forms to Leverage Knowledge -- 4. Knowledge Work(ers) in the Digital Age -- 5. Strategies for Managing Knowledge -- 6. Context Specific Knowledge Management Strategies -- 7. Measuring and...

Choice under Uncertainty -- Modern Portfolio Theory -- The Capital Asset Pricing Model -- Empirical Analysis of the CAPM -- The Consumption CAPM -- Arbitrage Pricing Theory and Multi-factor Models -- Empirical Cross-Sectional Asset Pricing -- The Black-Litterman Model -- Event-Study Analysis.

Introduction -- ARMA models -- Forecasting stationary processes -- Estimation of Mean and Autocovariance Function -- Estimation of ARMA Models -- Spectral Analysis and Linear Filters -- Integrated Processes -- Models of Volatility -- Multivariate Time series -- Estimation of Covariance Function...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1. Introduction. -- 2. The Forest Harvest Scheduling Optimization Problem. -- 3. Classic and Contemporary Influences on Forest Harvest Scheduling. -- 4. Solving Forest Harvest Scheduling Assignment Problems. -- 5. Harvest Scheduling Search Behavior. -- 6. Difficulty in...