While there may be a consensus in the industry that hedge funds clones will bring better liquidity and lower fees, it is still debatable whether replication products should serve as a complement in the hedge fund allocation decision or as a replacement. This book offers the reader valuable...

Superior investment performance is the ultimate objective of mutual fund investors. However, past fund performance is no reliable indicator of future performance. Peter Lückoff investigates why fund flows and manager changes act as equilibrium mechanisms and drive the performance of both...

Background and Empirical Predictions -- The Event Study Methodology -- Data, Full Sample and Variable Construction -- Difference in Abnormal Short Selling Activity Following Events of Large Positive Stock Price Changes -- Difference in Information Content of Extreme Short Selling Activity Events...

Das Beschaffungsmanagement steht vor der Herausforderung sich wandelnder Aufgabenfelder. Diese haben ihre Ursache u. a. in neuen Technologien und Ressourcenverknappungen. Die zur Erfolgsmessung eingesetzten modernen Kennzahlensysteme, die als Performance Measurement-Systeme bezeichnet werden,...

Companies are what they measure and the selection of good performance indicators is not an easy process. This monograph suggests how to identify indicators that achieve a balance in these effects and enhance long-term profitability. It focuses on the designing of a Performance Measurement System...

Einführung -- Ausgangslage für das Performance Measurement in Nonprofit-Betrieben -- Idee und Entwicklungsstufen des Performance Measurement -- Stand des Performance Measurement in Nonprofit-Organisationen aus empirischer Sicht -- Performance Measurement aus theoretischer Sicht --...

Do we really know the critical phenomena that are linked to how enterprises function and the dynamics of their relationships with customers, suppliers and competitors? Are their decision-making processes founded upon a set of performance measurements that were accurately designed and...

Wichtige Ansätze des Performance Measurements und Managements -- Parameter zur Gestaltung des Wandels und des Veränderungsprozesses -- Vierstufiges Vorgehenskonzept zur Entwicklung und Implementierung eines PMM-Systems inklusive Bestimmung der Zusammenhänge zwischen den Kennzahlen --...

Performance Measurement and Indicators -- Cost and Productivity Performances -- Non-cost Performances -- Performance Measurement Systems -- Design and Integration of the PMS -- Performance Management: From Decision Support to Performance Governance -- Luxottica, a New “Vision” for the Supply...

This book responds to a growing demand for mutual funds. This timely collection of original papers focuses on changes of international investment in Europe, the US and New Zealand. Using a fresh approach, innovative techniques and various models this book assesses performance and provides an...