Bayesian analysis provides a convenient setting for the estimation of complex generalized additive regression models (GAMs). Since computational power has tremendously increased in the past decade it is now possible to tackle complicated inferential problems, e.g., with Markov chain Monte Carlo...

The paper presents an overview of recent topical research on global, energy, health & medical, and tourism economics, and global software. We have interpreted "global" in the title of the Journal of Reviews on Global Economics to cover contributions that have a global impact on economics,...

This volume presents several case studies highlighting the latest findings in Industry 4.0 projects utilizing S-BPM features. Their potential is explored in detail, while the limits of engineering a company from a communication-centred perspective are also discussed. After a general introduction...

A major concern with the rapid spread of technology is that it replaces some jobs, displacing workers. However, technology may raise firm productivity, generating more jobs. The paper contributes to this debate by exploiting a novel panel data set for Chilean firms in all sectors between 2007...

Partial cointegration is a weakening of cointegration, allowing for the residual series to contain a mean-reverting and a random walk component. Analytically, the residual series is described by a partially autoregressive process. The partialCI package provides estimation, testing, and...

The objective of this paper is to explain the management process of technological innovation within certified software companies from Sinaloa, considering their strategic technology plan, innovative processes, and intellectual capital. This work is based on the study of 9 software companies...

This study examines the efficiency of tools for fighting software piracy in the conditional distributions of software piracy. Our paper examines software piracy in 99 countries for the period 1994-2010, using contemporary and non-contemporary quantile regressions. The intuition for modelling...

This paper provides a discussion of a recently introduced final-year econometrics module designed to capture methodological debates, advances in technology and increased data availability via a structure emphasising the practical nature of econometrics. The justification for the provision of...

In this study we compared seven commercial Software packages for project management. Employing multi attribute value theory, the comparison is based on a sound decision-theoretic framework. Additionally, we included a comprehensive assessment of the capability to solve resource-constrained...

This study assesses the quality of seven commercial project management packages to schedule precedence- and resource-constrained projects. We introduce the basic project scheduling model and give a short survey of optimal and heuristic Solution methods. Furthermore, we outline extensions of the...

This study assesses the quality of seven commercial project management systems to perform finite scheduling. We give a brief survey of the way commercial project management systems work and especially how they perform finite scheduling. Since the implemented methods are proprietary, we measure...

This contribution defines an instance generator for capacitated, dynamic, multi-level lot sizing problems. It provides sophisticated methods for generating systematically varied parameter level combinations automatically. This helps to perform evaluations of lot sizing methods according to a...

In unserer Umfrage zum aktuellen Stand der strategischen Planung in Geschäftsbanken des deutschsprachigen Raumes hat sich gezeigt, daß inzwischen alle großen Kreditinstitute ein entsprechendes Planungssystem installiert haben. In der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und Österreich begann man...

In einer Fortgeschrittenen-Übung zur Unternehmensgesamtplanung wurden von Studenten der Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel Methoden und Verfahren zur strategischen Planung implementiert und präsentiert. Während eine erste Gruppe die Planungssprache MICRO-FCS einsetzte, implementierte eine...

Es wurde ein Programmsystem zur Finanzplanung mit mehreren Währungen vorgestellt, das den Ausgangspunkt weiterer Planungsanstrengungen in multinationalen Unternehmen bilden kann. Die Konzeption erfolgte insbesondere im Hinblick auf eine präzise Ermittlung derjenigen Fremdwährungsbeträge, die...

Im Kontext moderner Informationstechnik wird Software zur Determinante des strategischen Unternehmenserfolgs. Software - hat Produktcharakter, wird in einem Leistungsprozeß erstellt, muß vermarktet und geschützt werden, - ist ein Investitionsobjekt, Zahlungsströme müssen bestimmt und...

The global financial crisis and the ensuing criticism of macroeconomics have inspired researchers to explore new modeling approaches. There are many new models that deliver improved estimates of the transmission of macroeconomic policies and aim to better integrate the financial sector in...

Machine generated contents note: -- <strong>Part One: Capital Budgeting and Valuation </strong> -- 1. Introduction to Finance -- 2. The Time Value of Money -- Appendix 2.1. Algebraic Present Value Formulas -- Appendix 2.2. Annuity Formulas in Excel -- 3. Measures for Evaluation of Investment Opportunities -- 4....

Introduction to R programming -- Statistics in finance -- Statistical analysis with R -- Time series analysis with R -- Basic theory of finance -- Modern portfolio theory and CAPM -- Interest rate swap and discount factor -- Discrete time model: tree model -- Continuous time model and the...

Introduction to modelling, core themes and best practices -- Models of models -- Using models in decision support -- Core competencies and best practices : meta-themes -- Model design and planning -- Defining sensitivity and flexibility requirements -- Database versus formulae-driven approaches...

The study examines the effect of software piracy on inclusive human development in 11 African countries for which software piracy data is available for the period 2000-2010. The empirical evidence is based on instrumental variable panel Fixed Effects (FE) and Tobit models in order to control for...

Platform as a service (PaaS) solutions are changing the way how software is produced, distributed, consumed, and priced. To be competitive on the market, PaaS providers have to be aware of drivers of successful platforms and design or adjust solutions accordingly. Surprisingly, prior research...

Das Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es zu zeigen, wie gut webbasierte Daten für Positionierungsanalysen von Unternehmen geeignet sind. Dazu werden die Ergebnisse einer quantitativen Marktstudie mittels Fragebogen mit den Resultaten einer Datenerhebung aus dem Web mit statistischen Verfahren und mit...

classEx is a novel software that allows lecturers to carry out experiments in the classroom with an instantaneous graphical illustration of findings. Standard experiments with multiple treatments, monetary incentives, roles, groups, rounds and stages are available in a ready-made format. A back...

This chapter analyzes the effect of intangible investment on firm efficiency with an emphasis on its software component. Stochastic production frontier approach is used to simultaneously estimate the production function and the determinants of technical efficiency in the software intensive...

This chapter analyzes the effect of intangible investment on firm efficiency with an emphasis on its software component. Stochastic production frontier approach is used to simultaneously estimate the production function and the determinants of technical efficiency in the software intensive...

This chapter analyzes the effect of intangible investment on firm efficiency with an emphasis on its software component. Stochastic production frontier approach is used to simultaneously estimate the production function and the determinants of technical efficiency in the software intensive...