Treatment effects may vary with the observed characteristics of the treated, often with important implications. In the context of experimental data, a growing literature deals with the problem of specifying treatment interaction terms that most effectively capture this variation. Some of the...

So-called open source software (OSS) is marked by free access to the software and its source code. Copyright-based OSS licenses permit users to use, change, improve and redistribute the software, which is designed and developed in a public, collaborative manner. High quality OSS products like...

Over the past twenty years, the use of digital design tools such as Computer-Aided-Design (CAD) has increased dramatically. Today, almost no product development project is conducted without the use of CAD models. Major advantages typically ascribed to using CAD include better solutions through...

Visual images abound in accounting-related media and are powerful tools for communicating messages regarding all aspects of organizations. This is particularly important in the case of intellectual capital, where a deficient accounting framework for intangibles leads stakeholders to seek...

Aufgrund des demografischen Wandels könnte es zukünftig immer schwieriger werden, den Bedarf an hochqualifizierten Fachkräften zu decken. Langfristige Arbeitsmarktprojektionen deuten darauf hin, dass die Arbeitskräftenachfrage nach Personen mit einem Qualifikationsprofil aus den Bereichen...

The proliferation of advanced technologies and the rapid adoption of connected devices and mobiles were behind the tremendous growth of geographic data introducing the concept of Big GeoData. The extraction of useful patterns is an interesting process, but the specific features and the...

Work-life balance is characterized by a condition of balance in which the demands of both a man's occupation and individual life are equivalent. It involves contributing equivalent measures of time and vitality between work and individual life. The transformation of information and communication...

Visualization of data envelopment analysis (DEA) problems can be a very informative step in order to get insight into the problems and their characteristics. Through the various visualization methods, one can literally look at the DEA problem and the related data from different perspectives....