The publication of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America has kindled interest across disciplines to appraise the exceptional nature of U.S. activities. In general, however, all the published works have not focused their analyses from an economic point of view. While economics was for...

Die Kano-Theorie stellt einen ganzheitlichen theoretischen Ansatz dar, mit dessen Hilfe die Existenz asymmetrischer und dynamischer Effekte bei der Entstehung von Kundenzufriedenheit begründet werden kann. Diese Theorie beinhaltet mit der sogenannten Kano-Methode zudem ein etabliertes Verfahren...

This volume presents advanced techniques to modeling markets, with a wide spectrum of topics, including advanced individual demand models, time series analysis, state space models, spatial models, structural models, mediation, models that specify competition and diffusion models. It is intended...

Growth in the derivatives market has brought with it a greater volume and range of interest rate dependent products. These products have become increasingly innovative and complex to price, requiring sophisticated market models that capture the full dynamics of the yield curve. A study of the...

In the era of Big Data our society is given the unique opportunity to understand the inner dynamics and behavior of complex socio-economic systems. Advances in the availability of very large databases, in capabilities for massive data mining, as well as progress in complex systems theory,...

Management and Risk -- The Human Being And Risks -- Principles of Risk Management in Design -- Risk Management at Debugging Tests -- Risk Management In Operation On Basis Of Monitoring -- Risk Management on Dangerous Plant -- Transparency of Methods for Estimation -- Bases of Logic and...

The Underlying Thesis -- How Long and How Much Endowing One Commodity -- Keeping the Endowment Above a Viability Threshold -- Uncertain Endowments and Economic Cycles -- Evolutions and their Temporal Windows -- Endowing Fundamental Values:Willingness To Pay -- Endowing Exchange Values: Adam...

‘This is essential reading for anybody interested in global history.’ -Professor Ugo Panizza, The Graduate Institute of Geneva, Switzerland This illuminating book offers a compact survey and new interpretation of trends and policies in the US economy from the end of the nineteenth century to...