1. What is Optimal Control Theory? -- 2. The Maximum Principle: Continuous Time -- 3. The Maximum Principle: Mixed Inequality Constraints -- 4. The Maximum Principle: Pure State and Mixed Inequality Constraints -- 5. Applications to Finance -- 6. Applications to Production and Inventory -- 7....

Chapter 1: Empirical Input–Output Representations and Transmutations of Actual Economies -- Chapter 2: Controllability, Observability and Spectral Post-Construction of the Value Theory -- Chapter 3: The Capital Theory Debate and the Almost Uncontrollability and Unobservability of Actual...

This fully revised 3rd edition offers an introduction to optimal control theory and its diverse applications in management and economics. It brings to students the concept of the maximum principle in continuous and discrete time by using dynamic programming and Kuhn-Tucker theory. While some...

Chapter 1 “Introduction” by Herbert Dawid and Jasmina Arifovic -- Chapter 2. “Cross-bidding in eBay-like Environments” by Francisco Alvarez and Marcello Sartarelli -- Chapter 3. “Risk–Reward Ratio Optimisation (Revisited)” by Manfred Gilli and Enrico Schumann -- Chapter 4....

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Discovering Steam Power in China, 1828-1865 -- Chapter 3: Translating Heat: Tackling Old conceptions with new ideas, 1855-1868 -- Chapter 4: More Translations, Limited Understanding: the Achievements and Constraints of Late Qing Translations of Heat,...

1. Introduction: People, tensions and impact in university interactions -- 2. PhDs with industry partners – assessing collaboration and topic distribution using a text mining methodology -- 3. The heterogeneous impact of academic patent characteristics on firms’ economic performance -- 4....

Preface -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview -- Chapter 2 The Trend of Deep Regional Integration -- Chapter 3 Which Aspect of Firm Performance is Important for the Choice of Globalization Mode?.-Chapter 4 Does Tobin’s q Matter for a Firm’s Choice of Globalization Mode?...

This book tells the story of capacity building in Europe with respect to technology transfer offices and organizations (TTOs). The traditional underdevelopment of technology markets in Europe has often been explained in terms of lack of capacity and skills among technology transfer...

1. Introduction -- 2. Startups and technology transfer from universities and research centers - An analysis of the impact on launching new products -- 3. Internationalization of Brazilian high-tech startups -- 4. The background of the entrepreneur in high-tech incubated startups -- 5. The...

Chapter 1: Technology transfer offices: roles, activities and responsibilities -- Chapter 2: University research commercialisation: contextual factors -- Chapter 3: Business model framework: strategic considerations -- Chapter 4: Business model framework: operational considerations.