We propose a design for schedule-based execution trading strategies based on uncertainty bands. This formulation: 1) simplifies strategy specification and implementation; 2) provides for flexible allocation among passive, opportunistic, aggressive, and dark pool crossing execution tactics; 3)...

Seit der Jahrtausendwende ist eine Veränderung in den jahrzehntelang bestehenden Wanderungsstrukturen feststellbar. Die Wanderungsgewinne konzentrieren sich immer stärker auf die Zentren im Land, während die Umlandgemeinden tendenziell stärker werdend Bevölkerung verlieren. Dies wird...

Seit der Jahrtausendwende ist eine Veränderung in den jahrzehntelang bestehenden Wanderungsstrukturen feststellbar. Die Wanderungsgewinne konzentrieren sich immer stärker auf die Zentren im Land, während die Umlandgemeinden tendenziell stärker werdend Bevölkerung verlieren. Dies wird...

The European Programme on Critical Infrastructure Protection (EPCIP) of the European Commission is in search for a methodology to analyse economic consequences of critical infrastructure failure in the European Union. A combined Systems Engineering and Inoperability Input-Output model (SE-IIM)...

The European Programme on Critical Infrastructure Protection (EPCIP) of the European Commission is in search for a methodology to analyse economic consequences of critical infrastructure failure in the European Union. A combined Systems Engineering and Inoperability Input-Output model (SE-IIM)...

Variable fees at the graduate and undergraduate levels are a topic of discussion in the US and in the EU as part of a larger movement towards increasing the role of fees in the funding of public universities. This essay describes this relatively new shift and its causes, outlines various funding...

This working paper examines some of the historical origins of social exclusion and attempts to provide a suitable framework for open discussion on how to assess and define it. It promotes several reservations about its current definitions especially those concerning the acclaimed obsession with...

Wynn and Coolidge [2004] have hypothesized that one of the key reasons why the Homo Sapiens progressed to being modern man while the Neanderthal man didn�t, is that the former developed through innovation (from artefacts to advanced hunting methods) while the latter has left no trace of...

This paper sets out to explain and decipher luxury and especially inaccessible luxury with the intent to provide enterprises three new analytical tools to ensure they stay ‘in front of the pack’. The paper starts by assessing what luxury was and is today and how and why it has evolved so...

The European Programme on Critical Infrastructure Protection (EPCIP) of the European Commission is in search for a methodology to analyse economic consequences of critical infrastructure failure in the European Union. A combined Systems Engineering and Inoperability Input-Output model (SE-IIM)...