The articles within this special issue of Performance Measurement and Metrics center on the current discussion of data collection and data usage for evidence-based decision management within academic libraries. Library leaders should articulate the successes of libraries by using the best...

Utility and Welfare Optimization in Electricity Market s lays out clear optimization strategies for understanding the economic foundations of regulatory supply measures, further cementing electricity's role as an asset class with fixed and variable costs.

Marketing von Medizinprodukten -- Marketing in der pharmazeutischen Industrie -- Präklinische Wissenschaft -- Klinische Wissenschaft -- Transformation der wissenschaftlichen Ergebnisse -- Rechtliche Aspekte -- Finanzielle Aspekte -- Strategische Planung von Produkt-Portfolios -- Forschung und...

Ines Mikisek zeigt anhand ihrer Synthese des Evidence-Based-Managements, dass die Führungskraft auf drei Ebenen Einfluss auf die Gesundheit von Mitarbeitern hat: indirekt, direkt und durch ihre Vorbildwirkung. Durch die Anwendung eines Systematic Reviews durchsucht die Autorin die Literatur auf...

A frank assessment of economists’ blindness before the financial crash in 2007–2008 and what must be done to avert a sequel The failure of economists to anticipate the global financial crisis and mitigate the impact of the ensuing recession has spurred a public outcry. Economists are under...

Early in one’s career in psychology, certainly starting in graduate school, if not sooner as a psych major in college, a choice point gradually emerges between seeking a career as a scholar, a scientist, and perhaps as an academic versus pursuing the life of a practitioner, one who applies the...

Jan Buchmann focuses on the valuation of a firm’s innovation potential based on that firm’s position in its lifecycle. Compared to existing research, the author does not center his research exclusively on mathematical valuation methodologies. Instead, the author compares collected valuation...