This book shares the learnings and perspectives of two pioneer women who waded the many challenges posed by multiculturalism and gender in one of the corporate environments more rigid and traditional in the business world: the energy sector in the Middle East. How they managed to create a growth...

Stephan Schnorr erläutert die Grundzüge des Portfolio-Managements von Strom- und Gasmengen in Stadtwerken und gibt wertvolle Hinweise zur effizienten Bewirtschaftung. Der Autor, selbst seit vielen Jahren Portfolio-Manager, beschreibt die wichtigsten Stellschrauben wie die valide Bewertung von...

This book examines the economics and related impacts of unconventional shale gas development. While focusing on the Marcellus and Utica Shales in the Mid-Atlantic region, additional insights from other regions are included to provide a broader view of these issues. Shale gas development in...

Within the context of an evolving global market for natural gas and restructuring efforts in the European market, gas storage is an important element. Providing additional flexibility, promoting competition, and enhancing supply security are crucial factors for natural gas sector liberalization....

Kathrin Bösecke analyses the factors that determine the success of business combinations. Based on her analysis of 126 acquisitions and 66 alliances in the European utility industry, she identifies the origin of the participating firms as well as the target country as essential determinants of...

Natural monopolies are not subject to the market-based principle of competition. Consequently, it is necessary to control companies in such monopoly positions with regard to their pricing. In the future, it will become more and more important to consider a possible change in the regulation...

Stephan Schnorr erläutert die Grundzüge des Portfolio-Managements von Strom- und Gasmengen in Stadtwerken und gibt wertvolle Hinweise zur effizienten Bewirtschaftung. Der Autor, selbst seit vielen Jahren Portfolio-Manager, beschreibt die wichtigsten Stellschrauben wie die valide Bewertung von...

This open access book examines the methodological complications of using complexity science concepts within the social science domain. The opening chapters take the reader on a tour through the development of simulation methodologies in the fields of artificial life and population biology, then...

This book offers a thorough introduction to the highly promising complex agent-based approach to economics, in which agent-based models (ABMs) are used to represent economic systems as complex and evolving systems composed of heterogeneous agents of limited rationality who interact with each...