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Einführung in die Theorie und Praxis der Entscheidung bei Unsicherheit: Unterlagen für einen Kurs der Schweizerischen Vereinigung für Operations Research (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems)

Makroökonomische Untersuchungen der Auswirkungen von Steuersystemänderungen

Tinbergen Lectures on Organization Theory (Texts and Monographs in Economics and Mathematical Systems)

In revising the Tinbergen Lectures I have expanded and restructured the material in an attempt to make the book more readable and more interesting. I have also tried to show more clearly its relevance to managerial and organizational practice. Some mathematical derivations have been moved to appendices. Certain sections that may be skipped in a first reading have been starred. Points that should be of interest to management include • the nature and necessity of rank (4. 1, 4. 2, 4. 4) rank assignment by counting up or down (4. 3) defining an organization's task (6. 2) calculating the required size of an organization (6. 3) • allocating supervisors in the short run (6. 7) when uniform spans of control are desirable (6. 8) • how to estimate an organization's implicit span of control (7) determining the minimal ranks in supervision (8. 3) • the advantage of flexible department lines (8. 4) measuring the leanness of an organization (8. 5) the relationship between average wage and unit labor cost (10. 2) job allocation in the short run (10. 4) • calculating the cost of supervision for particular jobs (10. 5) • recognizing economic choices in substituting managers for operatives or vice versa (11) • determining the optimal size of a research team (12) VI • setting targets (13. 1) • budgeting under full information (13. 2) • budgeting under imperfect information (13. 3) • sources of information loss (14.

Wirtschaftliches Wachstum bei erschöpfbaren Ressourcen: Neuere Beiträge zur statistischen Behandlung autoregressiver Regressionsmodelle (Rheinisch-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften #247)

Grundlagen des Operations Research: 3 Spieltheorie, Dynamische Optimierung, Lagerhaltung, Warteschlangentheorie, Simulation, Unscharfe Entscheidungen

Grundlagen des Operations Research: 3. Spieltheorie, Dynamische Optimierung Lagerhaltung, Warteschlangentheorie Simulation, Unscharfe Entscheidungen

Dieses aus drei Einzelbänden bestehende Werk bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über das Gebiet des Operations Research (OR). Das Buch entstand aus einem Kurs der Fernuniversität Hagen, die Autoren sind herausragende, auch international anerkannte Fachvertreter. Das Werk ist Lehrbuch und Nachschlagewerk zugleich. Durch viele ökonomische und geometrische Beispiele, durch Übungsaufgaben und deren Lösungen (im Anhang) ist das Buch auch zum Selbststudium geeignet. Die Breite der behandelten Themen, Sachwort- und Literaturverzeichnisse ermöglichen eine Orientierung über das gesamte Fachgebiet. In jedem Kapitel des Buches werden neben den Grundlagen der relevanten Theorie auch die entsprechenden Verfahren (Methoden, Algorithmen) dargestellt. Teil 1 behandelt allgemeine Begriffsbildung, die Grundlagen des Systemansatzes und die Geschichte des Fachs. Weiter beinhaltet Teil 1 die lineare und nichtlineare Optimierung und Optimierungsprobleme bei mehrfacher Zielsetzung. Teil 2 behandelt die Theorie der Graphen, Netzwerkprobleme und deren Lösung, Transport- und verwandte Probleme sowie die ganzzahlige Optimierung. Teil 3 konzentriert sich auf die Spieltheorie, stochastische Probleme wie Warteschlangen- und Lagerhaltungsprobleme, Simulation und ein Kapitel ist den Entscheidungen bei unklaren (fuzzy) Ausgangssituationen gewidmet. "So besteht der Hauptvorteil des vorliegenden werkes in der einheitlichen Zusammenfügung zu einem Gesamtwerk, welches in deutscher Sprache geschrieben ist und, nicht zuletzt durch die enthaltenen Aufgaben mit Lösungen, den Studierenden ein nützliches Lehrbuch über die Grundlagen des Operations Research in die Hand gibt."(Dr. Rabe von Randow, Bonn, in der Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, 7/1988).

Knowledge and Networks in a Dynamic Economy: Festschrift in Honor of Åke E. Andersson

Ake E.Andersson has always been intellectually on the move. He has selected his own track through the academic system and has formed a school of thought which has brought him international recognition. The cornerstones of his scientific interest are welfare analysis, regional economic dynamics and human capital theory. For his excellent achievements on dynamic analysis in the field of regional economics and regional planning he received the Japanese Honda Prize in 1995. This book provides a sample of the broad ranging research of Ake E.Andersson. Here some of his friends and colleagues have contributed to give various examples from the growing research field "Knowledge and Networks in a Dynamic Economy" in which he has been a great inspiration and in which he has contributed as part of his prodigious output.

Ökonomische Analyse deutscher Auktionen

Dieses Buch präsentiert Erkenntnisse über vorhandene Marktstrukturen sowie über die Organisation des Auktionshandels und der Geschäftsbeziehungen des Auktionators zu seinen Kunden.

Energieeffizientes Bauen und wie es sich lohnt: Ein Ratgeber für Bauherren

Zu Beginn eines Bauprojektes müssen Bauherren und -frauen zahlreiche Entscheidungen mit langfristigen Auswirkungen treffen. In Bezug auf die Energieeffizienz bildet die ENEV sowie die EEWärmeG die Grundlage der Gebäudeeffizienzgestaltung, zahlreiche "Upgrades" verkomplizieren die ohnehin schon unübersichtliche Situation. Das Buch zeigt eine Übersicht der möglichen Maßnahmen auf, bewertet Potentiale ökonomisch und ökologisch und beschreibt die Wechselwirkungen. Grundlagenkenntnisse zur Wärmeverlustberechung werden ebenso vermittelt wie die Funktionen der Energiewandlungssysteme (Wärmesysteme). Dadurch können Bauprojekte individuell bewertet werden. Das Buch zeigt auch auf, wann es lohnenswert sein kann, effizienter als Richtlinien es vorschreiben zu bauen. Auch im Zuge der Aufwertung einer Immobilie oder eines Umbaus hinsichtlich altersgerechten Wohnens stellt sich oft die Frage, ob eine Investition in eine verbesserte Energieeffizienz angebracht ist. Entsprechende Beratungsangebote kann dieses Buch unabhängig und fundiert begleiten.

Der Diversification Discount am deutschen Kapitalmarkt: Eine empirische Untersuchung des Bewertungsunterschieds zwischen fokussierten und diversifizierten Unternehmen und seiner Einflussfaktoren

Auf der Basis einer umfangreichen empirischen Untersuchung zeigt Philip Beckmann, dass ein Bewertungsunterschied zwischen fokussierten und diversifizierten Unternehmen am deutschen Kapitalmarkt existiert, und analysiert seine wesentlichen Einflussgrößen.

Die Informationsversorgung von Mitgliedern des Aufsichtsrats börsennotierter Aktiengesellschaften: Theoretische Grundlagen und empirische Erkenntnisse

Stefanie Beckmann überprüft, wie die Informationsbeschaffung und -nutzung der Aufsichtsratsmitglieder ausgestaltet sind und welche Form der Informationsversorgung von den Aufsichtsratsmitgliedern präferiert wird. Die Befunde der Befragung hat sie anhand der Vorschriften des AktG, HGB, DCGK sowie wesentlicher Empfehlungen aus der Literatur einer detaillierten Bewertung unterzogen.

Emotional Power im Service: Kunden begeistern, Beziehungen stärken, Umsätze steigern

Dieses Buch verrät, wie Sie Ihre Kunden begeistern und Geschäftskontakte zu unvergesslichen Erlebnissen machen. Susanne Beckmann und Ralph Lange präsentieren in ihrem Buch die geballte Erfahrung aus über 20 Jahren Praxis für eine Transformation in Ihrem Unternehmen. Wie kann New Work Ihren Service verändern und wie leiten Sie einen Kulturwandel hin zu wirklich exzellenter Kundenorientierung ein? Emotional Power verbindet innovative Ansätze mit bewährten Techniken, die Ihre Kunden und Mitarbeiter gleichermaßen stärken.Das Besondere an Emotional Power? Es ist kein typischer Ratgeber. Die Autoren setzen auf Authentizität und scheuen sich dabei nicht, Humor als Werkzeug einzusetzen. Denn, wie sie betonen (nach Guy de Maupassant): „Es sind die Begegnungen mit Menschen, die das Leben lebenswert machen.“ Und genau das ist der Kern von Emotional Power – Menschen begegnen und dabei begeistern. Erleben Sie, wie Kundenbeziehungen aufblühen und werden Sie Teil dieser Bewegung – für begeisterte Kunden, motivierte Mitarbeiter und nachhaltige Umsätze.

Institutions and Sustainability: Political Economy of Agriculture and the Environment - Essays in Honour of Konrad Hagedorn

From the first vague idea to use Konrad Hagedorn’s 60th birthday as an inspi- tion for taking stock of his vibrant academic contributions, this joint book project has been a great pleasure for us in many ways. Pursuing Hagedorn’s intellectual development, we have tried to reflect on the core questions of humanity according to Ernst Bloch “Who are we?”, “Where do we come from?” and “Where are we heading?” In this way, and without knowing it, Konrad Hagedorn initiated a c- lective action process he would have very much enjoyed … if he had been allowed to take part in it. But it was our aim and constant motivation to surprise him with this collection of essays in his honour. Konrad Hagedorn was reared as the youngest child of a peasant family on a small farm in the remote moorland of East Frisia, Germany. During his childhood in the poverty-ridden years after the Second World War, he faced a life where humans were heavily dependent on using nature around them for their livelihoods; meanwhile, he learned about the fragility of the environment. As a boy, he - tended a one-room schoolhouse, where his great intellectual talents were first r- ognised and used for co-teaching his schoolmates. These early teaching expe- ences might have laid the foundations for his later becoming a dedicated lecturer and mentor.

BizTalk 2013 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

BizTalk 2013 Recipes provides ready-made solutions to BizTalk Server 2013 developers. The recipes in the book save you the effort of developing your own solutions to common problems that have been solved many times over. The solutions demonstrate sound practice, the result of hard-earned wisdom by those who have gone before. Presented in a step-by-step format with clear code examples and explanations, the solutions in BizTalk 2013 Recipes help you take advantage of new features and deeper capabilities in BizTalk Server 2013. You’ll learn to integrate your solutions with the cloud, configure BizTalk on Azure, work with electronic data interchange (EDI), and deploy the growing range of adapters for integrating with the different systems and technologies that you will encounter. You’ll find recipes covering all the core areas: schemas, maps, orchestrations, messaging and more. BizTalk Server 2013 is Microsoft’s market-leading platform for orchestrating process flow across disparate applications. BizTalk 2013 Recipes is your key to unlocking the full power of that platform.

BizTalk 2010 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

BizTalk 2010 Recipes provides ready-made solutions to BizTalk Server 2010 developers. The recipes in the book save you the effort of developing your own solutions to common problems that have been solved many times over. The solutions demonstrate sound practice, the result of hard-earned wisdom by those who have gone before.Presented in a step-by-step format with clear code examples and explanations, the solutions in BizTalk 2010 Recipes help you take advantage of new features and deeper capabilities in BizTalk Server 2010. You&’ll learn to provide rich mapping support, extended electronic data interchange (EDI) and trading partner management capabilities, and to deploy the growing range of adapters for integrating with the different systems and technologies that you will encounter. Author Mark Beckner doesn&’t overlook core functionality, either. You&’ll find recipes covering all the core areas: schemas, maps, orchestrations, messaging and more. BizTalk Server 2010 is Microsoft&’s market-leading platform for orchestrating process flow across disparate applications. BizTalk 2010 Recipes is your key to unlocking the full power of that platform.

The Politics of Economic Life (Routledge Innovations in Political Theory)

In recent years, economic life has become increasingly politicized: now, every company has a ‘philosophy’, promising its customers some ethical surplus in return for buying their products; consumers shop for change; workers engage in individualized forms of employee activism such as whistleblowing; and governments contribute to the re-configuration of the economic sphere as a site of political contestation by reminding corporate and private economic actors of their duty to ‘do their bit’. The Politics of Economic Life addresses this trend by exploring the ways in which practices of consumption, work, production, and entrepreneurship are imbued with political strategy and ideology, and assesses the potentials and perils of the politicization of economic activity for democracy in the 21st century.

The Politics of Economic Life (Routledge Innovations in Political Theory)

In recent years, economic life has become increasingly politicized: now, every company has a ‘philosophy’, promising its customers some ethical surplus in return for buying their products; consumers shop for change; workers engage in individualized forms of employee activism such as whistleblowing; and governments contribute to the re-configuration of the economic sphere as a site of political contestation by reminding corporate and private economic actors of their duty to ‘do their bit’. The Politics of Economic Life addresses this trend by exploring the ways in which practices of consumption, work, production, and entrepreneurship are imbued with political strategy and ideology, and assesses the potentials and perils of the politicization of economic activity for democracy in the 21st century.

Selling the Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing

SELLING THE INVISIBLE is a succinct and often entertaining look at the unique characteristics of services and their prospects, and how any service, from a home-based consultancy to a multinational brokerage, can turn more prospects into clients and keep them. SELLING THE INVISIBLE covers service marketing from start to finish. Filled with wonderful insights and written in a roll-up-your-sleeves, jargon-free, accessible style, such as: Greatness May Get You Nowhere Focus Groups Don'ts The More You Say, the Less People Hear & Seeing the Forest Around the Falling Trees.

Unthinking: The Surprising Forces Behind What We Buy

What do Howard Hughes and 50 Cent have in common, and what do they tell us about Americans and our desires? Why did Sean Connery stop wearing a toupee, and what does this tell us about American customers for any product? What one thing did the Beatles, Malcolm Gladwell and Nike all notice about Americans that helped them win us over? Which uniquely American traits may explain the plights of Krispy Kreme, Ford, and GM, and the risks faced by Starbuck's? Why, after every other plea failed, did "Click It or Ticket" get people to buy the idea of fastening their seat belts? To paraphrase Don Draper's character on the hit show Mad Men, "What do people want?" What is the new American psyche, and how do America's shrewdest marketers tap it? Drawing from dozens of disciplines, the internationally acclaimed marketing expert Harry Beckwith answers these questions with some surprising, even startling, truths and discoveries about what motivates us.

What Clients Love: A Field Guide to Growing Your Business

Harry Beckwith is the author of Selling the Invisible and The Invisible Touch, both marketing classics. Now he applies his unparalleled clarity, insight, humor, and expertise to a new age of mass communication and mass confusion. What Clients Love will help you stand out from the crowd-and sell anything to anyone. From making a pitch to building a brand, from designing a logo to closing a sale, this is a field guide to take with you to the front lines of today's business battles. Filled with real tales of success and failure, it shows you how to: * Fly a Jefferson Airplane. Everyone knows there's a Jefferson Monument, but a Jefferson Airplane? A brilliant, attention-grabbing name often includes the unexpected and the absurd. * Strike with a Velvet Sledgehammer. It's not a hard sell. It's not exactly soft. Selling well means finding the fine line between modesty and bragging, and driving the message home. * Speak to the Frenchman on the Street. A French mathematician believed that no theory was complete until you could explain it to the first person you meet on the street. Marketers, ecoutez! * Dress Julia Roberts. Why one scene from Pretty Woman can enlighten you more than a full year of study at a top business school. What Clients Love will help you get focused, stay focused, and follow the essential rules to success-by doing the little things right and the big things even better.

You, Inc.: The Art of Selling Yourself

From the New York Times bestselling author of Selling the Invisible comes an insightful guide that will show you how to package and present the most important product of all: you.If you need to make a good impression on prospects, clients, or employers, then these inspiring stories, fascinating examples, and surprising tips will help you improve your life in ways you never imagined. Discover:Why life is more like high school than college - and what to do about it.Why surprising people isn't a good idea after all.How a few dollars and seconds could lead to startling success.Whether you're nearing the corner office or just starting out, these and the hundreds of other ideas in YOU, INC. will propel you even faster.

Bill Gates: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)

The cofounder of Microsoft, Bill Gates helped transform society by ushering in the era of ubiquitous personal computing. This book examines the life and achievements of this standout American inventor and philanthropist.Bill Gates has been instrumental in creating and developing the home computing era that has thoroughly transformed nearly every aspect of our lives, from work to commerce to communication. Stepping down as CEO of Microsoft in 2000 after 25 years at the helm, he remained as chairman, a position he still holds.This book paints a vivid picture of Bill Gates that covers his early life and his years as an inquisitive and adventurous student to his experiences as a budding entrepreneur and billionaire philanthropist who has often been listed among the richest individuals in the world. Author Michael Becraft presents complete information on how Microsoft evolved, from the company's inception until Gates's departure from active leadership; documents the economic, ethical, financial, legal, management, and leadership applications inherent in Gates's work; and examines the criticism that Gates's actions and decisions have drawn throughout his career.

Bill Gates: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)

The cofounder of Microsoft, Bill Gates helped transform society by ushering in the era of ubiquitous personal computing. This book examines the life and achievements of this standout American inventor and philanthropist.Bill Gates has been instrumental in creating and developing the home computing era that has thoroughly transformed nearly every aspect of our lives, from work to commerce to communication. Stepping down as CEO of Microsoft in 2000 after 25 years at the helm, he remained as chairman, a position he still holds.This book paints a vivid picture of Bill Gates that covers his early life and his years as an inquisitive and adventurous student to his experiences as a budding entrepreneur and billionaire philanthropist who has often been listed among the richest individuals in the world. Author Michael Becraft presents complete information on how Microsoft evolved, from the company's inception until Gates's departure from active leadership; documents the economic, ethical, financial, legal, management, and leadership applications inherent in Gates's work; and examines the criticism that Gates's actions and decisions have drawn throughout his career.

Steve Jobs: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)

This book provides extensive, comprehensive biographical information on one of technology's most important innovators—Steve Jobs.Steve Jobs was a visionary entrepreneur who contributed immeasurably to information technology, changing not only the way we do business but also the way we communicate and share information. His company, Apple, founded in 1976 with Steve Wozniak, eventually launched the Macintosh computer in 1984, with a graphical user interface that competed with the early versions of Microsoft Windows. This reference biography sheds light on Jobs's departure from Apple in 1985, his extraordinary comeback in 1997, and his innovations in the meantime, which included the founding of the computer animation company Pixar. Jobs and Apple went on to launch the iPod, iTunes, the iPhone, and the iPad. Author Michael Becraft has distilled the vast literature on Jobs into a concise but vivid portrait of the man, his vision, the controversies that have swirled around him, and his lasting impact on business, culture, and society.Arranged chronologically, the book includes extensive primary sources and is written to be accessible to a wide range of readers. Additionally, it incorporates images that heighten reader engagement, provides a timeline for referencing Jobs's achievements across his lifetime, and supplies an extensive bibliography for those seeking original source documents.

Fuzzy Mathematical Programming and Fuzzy Matrix Games (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing #169)

Game theory has already proved its tremendous potential for con?ict resolution problems in the ?elds of Decision Theory and Economics. In the recent past, there have been attempts to extend the results of crisp game theory to those con?ict resolution problems which are fuzzy in nature e.g. Nishizaki and Sakawa [61] and references cited there in. These developments have lead to the emergence of a new area in the literature called fuzzy games. Another area in the fuzzy decision theory, which has been growing very fast is the area of fuzzy mathematical programming and its applications to various branches of sciences, Engineering and Management. In the crisp scenario, there exists a beautiful relationship between two person zero sum matrix game theory and duality in linear p- gramming. It is therefore natural to ask if something similar holds in the fuzzy scenario as well. This discussion essentially constitutes the core of our presentation. The objective of this book is to present a systematic and focussed study of the application of fuzzy sets to two very basic areas of decision theory, namely Mathematical Programming and Matrix Game Theory.