The number of insolvencies is increasing. One could expect that management theory and research are challenged to develop instruments for detecting the crisis as early as possible and for coping with deficiencies in crisis management. But on the contrary: the research on insolvency and crisis of...

This paper considers two problem classes that are important to researchers as well as practitioners, namely packing and project scheduling problems. First, the two problem categories are described. This includes a classification of packing problems as well as of project scheduling concepts....

A recurring problem in project management involves the allocation of scarce resources to the individual jobs comprising the project. In many situations such as audit scheduling, the resources correspond to individuals (skilled labour). This naturally leads to an assignment type project...