In times of global markets, increasing competition and short product life cycles the effective and efficient management of industrial research and development (R&D) activities is of central importance for companies as well as for the whole economy. The efficient allocation of scarce R&D...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Strategic Entrepreneurship: Dynamics and Mechanisms -- Chapter 2: Economic development at G7 country level: taxonomy of economic development ranking and proposition of a strategic entrepreneurship model of development -- Chapter 3: A study on the impact of the...

The resource transfer problem (RTP) is a modeling and solution framework for integrated complex scheduling and rich vehicle routing problems. It allows the modeling of a wide variety of scheduling problems, vehicle routing problems, their combination with integrated problems, as well as various...

This book presents new approaches to fixed income modeling and portfolio management techniques. Taking into account the latest mathematical and econometric developments in finance, it analyzes the hedging securities and structured instruments that are offered by banks, since recent research in...

Introduction -- Mathematical Methods Used -- New Robust Analytic Tools -- Spline Regression Models for Complex Multi-Model Regulatory Networks -- Robust Optimization in Spline Regression Models for Regulatory Networks Under Polyhedral Uncertainty -- Real-World Application with Our Robust Tools...

Research and development of novel medicines for human therapy commonly takes over a decade before significant revenues from sales are forthcoming. How can biotechnology companies be founded and grow successfully in an industry with such extended innovation processes? The book investigates this...