Empirical investigations of analysts forecast surveys concerning earnings realizations find significant time varying biases usually attributed to the analysts liability to cognitive limitations. For example, a positive autocorrelation of analysts forecast errors is commonly explained by...

River floods are part of the natural hydrologic cycle and mayoccur several times per year, caused by heavy downpours andsnowmelt. However, in recent years, often attributed to globalwarming, an increasing number of extreme flood events couldbe observed in central Europe. Moreover, these events...

Order picking - as a warehouse function - is often considered to be critical for the public manifestation of a supply chain. Underperformance can result both in unsatisfactory customer service and in high cost. In this paper the author will give an overview of planning problems and corresponding...

Unternehmen sehen sich unter anderem aufgrund der Globalisierung der Kapitalmärkte mit steigenden Anforderungen der Kapitalgeber konfrontiert. Diesen werden sie jedoch, wie verschiedene Studien zeigen, bei weitem nicht immer gerecht. Ziel des vorliegenden Beitrags ist zum einen die...