Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of applying alternative Shariah screens on the resulting universe of halal assets and to show that Shariah screening procedures currently used in practice are inconsistent with respect to discriminating between halal and haram....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of applying alternative Shariah screens on the resulting universe of halal assets and to show that Shariah screening procedures currently used in practice are inconsistent with respect to discriminating between halal and haram....

In this paper we analyze the effects of different strategies to construct Shariah compatible financial portfolios. The difference between conventional and current Shariah portfolio management is the application of sector screens and financial screens by which the asset universe is reduced. Yet,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of applying alternative Shariah screens on the resulting universe of halal assets and to show that Shariah screening procedures currently used in practice are inconsistent with respect to discriminating between halal and haram....

From 2012 on aviation is included in the European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) and operators have to hold one allowance per tonne of CO2 emitted on every flight departing from and/or arriving at an airport within the EU. Now two questions are of interest: Is it profitable for airlines to...

In this paper we present two approaches for solving a real-world vehicle routing problem arising in the air cargo road feeder service business. The problem is to combine transportation tasks from a given timetable to trips which have to be assigned to tractors and which can be operated by...

This proceedings volume contains a selection of 85 papers presented at the Symposium on Operations Research (OR 2000), the Annual Conference of the German Operations Research Society (GOR), that was held at the Dresden University of Technology, September 9 -12, 2000. The contributions cover the...

In diesem Band werden zentrale Themen und neuere Entwicklungstendenzen auf dem Gebiet des Operations Research (OR) behandelt. Gegenstand sind die Vorträge, die anläßlich der 22. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Operations Research (DGOR) und der Nederlandse Stichting voor...

This book contains selected papers of SOR'97, the annual joint meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Operations Research (DGOR) and the Gesellschaft für Mathematik, Ökonomie und Operations Research (GMÖÖR), held at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena from September 3-5, 1997. The 85...