"This book could well be the most comprehensive collection to date of integrated ideas on the elicitation, representation, integration and digitization of work processes and collaboration. The authors take a heavily human-centered approach while never losing sight of engineering aspects...

In practice, most projects result in cost overruns and schedule slippage due to poor resource management. This paper presents an approach that aims at reducing project duration and costs by empowering project managers to assess different scenarios. The proposed approach addresses combinatorial...

This paper is concerned with estimating cost of various new product development phases with the use of computational intelligence techniques such as neural networks and fuzzy neural system. Companies tend to develop many new products simultaneously and a limited project budget imposes the...

Ausgelöst durch zahlreiche Unternehmenskrisen wird seit Beginn der 90er Jahre in der Corporate Governance-Diskussion die Funktionsfähigkeit des deutschen Aufsichtsratssystems in Frage gestellt. Der Gesetzgeber reagierte hierauf zunächst mit dem KonTraG und zuletzt mit dem TransPuG. Der Autor...

Angesichts der hohen Komplexität von Entscheidungen in der Markenpolitik sehen sich Markenartikelhersteller vor der Herausforderung, Planungsinstrumente zu konzipieren, die sie bei der Entscheidungsfindung unterstützen und eine quantifizierbare Bewertung von Handlungsalternativen ermöglichen....

This paper is devoted to the issue of forecasting financial ratios. The objective of the conducted research is to develop a predictive model with the use of an innovative methodology, i.e., fuzzy logic theory, and to evaluate its effectiveness. Fuzzy logic has been widely used in machinery,...

"This book provides undergraduate business students and introductory graduate students with the fundamental concepts and tools needed to understand the emerging role of business analytics in organizations, to apply basic business analytics tools in a spread-sheet environment, and to communicate...

"The purpose of this book is to introduce the reader to these technologies that are generally called analytics but have been known by other names. The core technology consists of DSS, BI, and various decision-making techniques. We use these terms interchangeably"--

The role of artificial intelligence within the scope of digital transformation in enterprises / M. Hanefi CALP, Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey -- Leadership and organizational agility in industry 4.0 / Bülent Akkaya, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Turkey, Akif TABAK, Izmir Katip Çelebi...

Introduction to OEMS -- Models for implementing OEMS -- Readying the organization for OEMS -- Repackaging multiple management system into an OEMS -- Understanding documentation and learning to write for users -- Readying the organization for change OEMS implementation -- Establishing OEMS...

Purpose: This case study is motivated by the subcontracting problem in an oilfield equipment and service company where the management needs to decide which parts to manufacture in-house when the capacity is not enough to make all required parts. Currently the company is making subcontracting...

Waste management is a growing problem all around the world with implications to society, environment, health and economy. In this context, the waste is considered as the last step in the consuming process. However, a smart waste management is possible by the generation of value from the garbage...

We examine bidding behavior in first-price sealed-bid and Dutch auctions, which are strategically equivalent under standard preferences. We investigate whether the empirical breakdown of this equivalence is due to (non-standard) preferences or due to the different complexity of the two formats...

We examine bidding behavior in first-price sealed-bid and Dutch auctions, which are strategically equivalent under standard preferences. We investigate whether the empirical breakdown of this equivalence is due to (non-standard) preferences or due to the different complexity of the two formats...