"To position the product in the mind of the prospect," this statement is very simpleand straight forward, but the actual practice is complicated and profound. Byadhering to the positioning concept and through the study of a children productsstore, this thesis investigates how people interpret...

Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide, and affects people regardless of country, age group, or sex. Using the most recent evidentiary and analytical framework from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD), we produced...

Complex models have received significant interest in recent years and are being increasingly used to explain the stochastic phenomenon with upward and downward fluctuation such as the stock market. Different from existing semi-variance methods in traditional integer dimension construction for...

Major cities in China and many other fast-growing economies are expanding their subway systems in order to address worsening air pollution and traffic congestion. This paper quantifies the impact of subway expansion on air quality by leveraging fine-scale air quality data and the rapid build-out...

The effective management of uncertainty and complexity in premium pricing and reserve accumulation processes provide new challenges to the decision- and policy- makers. In this regard, the implementation of complex mathematical tools and advanced statistical techniques is highly acquired. Over...

We assess the impact of the 2012 JOBS Act equity crowdfunding legislation that allows U.S.non-accredited investors to invest in private small businesses through online portals. The goals of new regulation were to spur small business growth and democratize investment in private startups by...