This paper discusses the role and relevance of the shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) and the new scenarios that combine SSPs with representative concentration pathways (RCPs) for climate change impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability (IAV) research. It first provides an overview of uses of...

In this global world, many firms present a complex shareholding structure with indirect participation, such that it may become difficult to assess a firm's controllers. Furthermore, if there are numerous dominant shareholders, the control can be shared between them. Determining who has the most...

The last major study of sales performance variance explained by salespeople attributes was by Churchill et al. (1985). They examined the effect of role, skills, motivation, personal factors, aptitude, and organizational/environmental factors on sales performance-factors that have dominated the...

The reversible reaction CH4 + CO2 = 2H2 + 2CO is under investigation as a chemical heat pipe for storage and transport of solar energy. In this paper, the study of the back exothermic reaction, the methanation of CO-rich synthesis gas, is reported. Three different methanators were constructed...

Statistical regularities at the top end of the wealth distribution in the United States are examined using the Forbes 400 lists of richest Americans, published between 1988 and 2003. It is found that the wealths are distributed according to a power-law (Pareto) distribution. This result is...

This paper derives a simple theoretical relationship between the degree of loss aversion, the concavity/convexity of the value function, and the equilibrium market price of risk. We show that while the degree of loss aversion is key in determining the market price of risk, the...