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Data Analysis and Classification
Proceedings of the 6th Conference of the Classification and Data Analysis Group of the Società Italiana di Statistica
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2010
The volume provides results from the latest methodological developments in data analysis and classification and highlights new emerging subjects within the field. It contains articles about statistical models, classification, cluster analysis, multidimensional scaling, multivariate analysis, latent...
Gute Hochschullehre: Eine evidenzbasierte Orientierungshilfe
Wie man Vorlesungen, Seminare und Projekte effektiv gestaltet
Language: German
Release Date: February 5, 2015
Wie man Vorlesungen, Seminare und Projekte effektiv gestaltet
Hochschuldidaktik ist ein schwammiges Forschungsfeld ohne klare Befunde? Bei fachlich kompetenten Dozierenden ist die Lehrmethode unwichtig? Hochschulen brauchen eine völlig neue Lehrkultur? – Nichts davon ist wahr. Unbemerkt...
Real Estate Valuation Theory
A Critical Appraisal
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
This monograph critically reviews and updates real estate valuation theory, which is based on neoclassical economics, in light of developments in heterodox economic theory. Building on a comprehensive historical account of the evolution of value theory, the book uses new institutional economics theory...
Growth and International Trade
An Introduction to the Overlapping Generations Approach
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
This textbook guides the reader towards various aspects of growth and international trade in a Diamond-type overlapping generations framework. Using the same model type throughout the book, timely topics such as growth with bubbles, debt reduction in rich countries and policies to mitigate climate...
by Heinrich von Stackelberg
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Heinrich von Stackelberg's book, "Grundlagen einer reinen Kostentheorie", published in 1932 was at the forefront of a growing conceptual revolution in the theory of the firm, a theory which appears more relevant than ever in today’s economic climate. In this work, Stackelberg masterfully...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2011
One might expect that after their identification in the 19th century, all aspects of Giffen goods would have been studied by now. This appears not to be the case. This book contains the latest insights into the theory of Giffen goods. In the past, surprisingly few goods could be categorized as “Giffen.”...
Monopsonistic Labour Markets and the Gender Pay Gap
Theory and Empirical Evidence
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2010
This book investigates models of spatial and dynamic monopsony and their application to the persistent empirical regularity of the gender pay gap.
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Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
This volume is centered around the issue of market design and resulting market dynamics. The economic crisis of 2007-2009 has once again highlighted the importance of a proper design of market protocols and institutional details for economic dynamics and macroeconomics. Papers in this volume capture...
Variations of the Welfare State
Great Britain, Sweden, France and Germany Between Capitalism and Socialism
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
In the burgeoning literature on welfare regimes and typologies, this comparative study offers a stimulating new perspective. Kaufmann, the doyen of the sociology of social policy in Germany, emphasizes norms, culture and history, in contrast to political economy approaches. Comparing Britain, Sweden,...
Network Governance
Alliances, Cooperatives and Franchise Chains
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
The current book on Nework Governance contributes to the literature by offering new perspectives on network goals and performance, inter-organizational learning and trust in alliances, corporate governance issues in cooperatives, governance of cross-border retail networks, contract design and governance innovations in cooperatives and fanchising.
Information Systems for eGovernment
A Quality-of-Service Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
Written from a data-centric perspective, Information Systems for eGovernment presents a methodology that is grounded in computer science, but leveraged by sociological, organizational, economical, juridical analyses and methods. Examples and case studies are included, which illustrate the relevance of the approach.
A Course in In-Memory Data Management
The Inner Mechanics of In-Memory Databases
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
Recent achievements in hardware and software development, such as multi-core CPUs and DRAM capacities of multiple terabytes per server, enabled the introduction of a revolutionary technology: in-memory data management. This technology supports the flexible and extremely fast analysis of massive amounts...
Business Performance Measurement and Management
New Contexts, Themes and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2010
Measuring and managing the performance of a business is one of the most genuine desires of management. Balanced scorecard, the performance prism and activity-based management are the most popular frameworks in this setting. Based on the findings of R.G. Eccles’ acclaimed "Performance Measurement...
Crowdsourcing
Cloud-Based Software Development
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2015
This book presents the latest research on the software crowdsourcing approach to develop large and complex software in a cloud-based platform. It develops the fundamental principles, management organization and processes, and a cloud-based infrastructure to support this new software development approach....