The present study proposes a Customer Behavior Mining Framework on the basis of data mining techniques in a telecom company. This framework takes into account the customers' behavior patterns and predicts the way they may act in the future. Firstly, clustering technique is used to implement...

We propose an easy to implement yield curve extrapolation method to determine long-term interest rates suitable for regulatory valuation. We empirically evaluate this approach for the German nominal bond market, by estimating the model on bonds with maturities up to 20 years and assessing the...

We argue that mainstream FDI theory underplays financial motivations for interna-tional investment, and suggest several possible channels for a distinct cost-of-capital effect on FDI. Using a sample of European firms' cross-border acquisitions, and controlling for traditional firm-level...

Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published following peer-review in International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, published by and copyright Emerald.

Arivia.kom was formed out of a merger of the information technology (IT) departments of Eskom, Transnet and Denel. The aim was to address skilled staff losses and to achieve economies of scale. Agreements were drafted ensuring arivia.kom business patronage for a period of five years.Arivia.kom's...

This dissertation studies labor earnings mobility in the short-run and the structure of labor markets in urban Mexico, from 1987 to 2002.In the first part it gauges the average earnings mobility in the economy and whether mobility equalized longer-term earnings. It also analyzes whether the...

There are two main research traditions for analyzing market basket data that exist more or less independently from each other, namely exploratory and explanatory model types. Exploratory approaches are restricted to the task of discovering cross-category interrelationships and provide marketing...

Baigiamajame magistro darbe nagrinėjamos vartotojų tyrimo ir rangavimo sistemos problemos. Išnagrinėti pagrindiniai principai, kuriais remiantis tiriami, segmentuojami ir ranguojami vartotojai. Parengta vartotojų tyrimo ir rangavimo sistema, pagrįsta daugiakriteriu metodu ir sudaryta iš...