The ultimate purpose of business activity of making money (Goldrat) is disposed to the customer, in exchange of the value served to him, which is essentially tangible. It requires that the organization sustainably invests resources and initiatives to delight the customer. The objectives are...

We examine the effects of incorporating a potential tax on carbon emissions into a value investment strategy. We show that in a portfolio optimization problem, a carbon tax at the stock level is mathematically equivalent to a carbon constraint at the portfolio level. Using this insight we derive...

This paper deals with the integration of QFD and VE in the product planning process. QFD improves the service/product performance based on the customer’s requirements, whereas VE focuses on the reduction of service/product costs without lowering its quality or performance. The integration of...

Part I: Exploring the Networked Economy -- Connected Business: Creating Value in the Networked Economy -- Platform Economy: Converging IoT Platforms and Ecosystems -- Ecosystems: Unlocking the Potentials of Innovation Beyond Borders -- Digital Health Interventions -- Mobility: From Autonomous...

"Cut through complexity and get to better, more effective strategy. Extreme market volatility, pandemics, industry change, supply-chain disruption. The list of potential threats and strategic challenges seems to be growing exponentially. At the same time, the laborious processes used by many...

India is leading producer of wheat and rice but it is a common phenomenon in India, 60% of children in India are underweight and malnourished and as a total 21% of the total population is malnourished. According to World Bank, productivity losses in India due to different kind of deficiencies...

This paper empirically models the effect of distance on residential property values of three different types of services, fire, police, and emergency medical services. Interesting economic tradeoffs emerge as service station proximity provides both amenity and disamenity effects. Using an...

Purpose: This paper presents an implementation of the Six Sigma DMAIC approach implementing lean tools and facilities layout techniques to reduce the occurrence of different types of nonconformities in the carpeting process. Such carpeting process can be found in several industries such as...

Das Konzept der Wertorientierung in der Kreditwirtschaft -- Zinsergebnisrechnungen als Kernelement von Wertanalysen -- Kalkulation weiterer Ergebniskomponenten -- Aggregierte Wertanalysen als Grundlage des Renditemanagements -- Strategisches und operatives Management von Wertpotenzialen

"The principles of value investing have resonated with savvy practitioners in the world of finance for a long time. In Creating Strategic Value, Joseph Calandro Jr. explores how the core ideas and methods of value investing can be profitably applied to corporate strategy and management. Calandro...

1. Strategy -- 2. Value -- 3. Risk -- 4. Financial statistics -- 5. Derivatives -- 6. Derivative model applications -- 7. Platforms, data, and analytics -- 8. Energy -- 9. Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology -- 10. A Growth Firm -- 11. Firm transformation and divesture