Part I Methodology -- Chapter 1 Empirical Validation of the 10-Times Rule for SEM -- Chapter 2 Missing Values in RGCCA: Algorithms and Comparisons -- Chapter 3 Comparing Local vs Global Clustering with FIMIX-PLS. Application to Marketing -- Chapter 4 Partial Least Squares Structural Equation...

The structural modeling of open-high-low-close (OHLC) data contained within the candlestick chart is crucial to fnancial practice. However, the inherent constraints in OHLC data pose immense challenges to its structural modeling. Models that fail to process these constraints may yield results...

This study investigates whether energy prices and macroeconomic indicators are determinants of the European Union Allowance (EUA) prices and how their relationships changed in phase III of the European Union Emission Trading Schema (EU ETS). An innovative application of the partial least squares...

This paper explores rent-seeking behavior in a heavily regulated equity-financing market. Using manually-collected information about ownership changes from China's IPO application filings for the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM), we find that over a third of firms receive late-stage private equity...

To investigate the coupled conduction-radiation heat transfer in C/SiC composites, a multiscale numerical method is proposed in this paper. The multiscale method combines a three-scale physical model and a multiscale mathematical method for predicting the thermal conductivity of composite...

This paper has three objectives: (1) To introduce a theoretical solution to the issue of non-additivity between assets in place, relying on an accounting-based valuation approach; (2) To explain how such an approach can be implemented empirically by measuring synergies between assets; (3) To...