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The staff scheduling problem in the retail business is considered for which a new mathematical model and new solution methods are introduced. The problem is formalized as a set covering type problem. Columns represent feasible weekly working time patterns of one sales clerk. Rows correspond to...
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Using a sample of 95 German firms, the study finds general support for the traditional fits of international strategy-structure theory. Employing an information-processing perspective, the study conceptually and empirically extends existing theory (1) to address strategy-structure fit for...
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Several well-known and well-researched problem fields, such as school scheduling or university scheduling, reside in the realm of educational scheduling. Recently, some new course scheduling problems have begun to draw attention, which turn out to sport substantially more complex requirements...
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Generating a regular season schedule is a demanding task for any sports league. In Europe, the creation of a suitable schedule for every national top soccer league not only has to address numerous conflicting inner-league requirements and preferences. Additionally, the games of the European Cup...
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Effectiveness in the use of the work force is often the crucial advantage in a company's long-term success over its competitors, especially in technology driven and highly competitive branches as the one considered in this article. While employee scheduling and rostering has been the topic of...
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We consider the tax advantage of an increase in the firms leverage under the German tax code. The analysis is performed (i) for the case of a given investment and future dividend policy and (ii) to decide on the relative tax advantage of debt versus equity for funding new investments. We start...
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Lohnstückkosten nachgegangen. Im Jahr 2014 kostete in Deutschland eine Arbeitsstunde in der Privatwirtschaft 31,9 Euro. Wie im Vorjahr … belegt Deutschland damit im europäischen Länderranking den achten Platz. Mit einer Veränderungsrate von 1,8 % stiegen die … Arbeitskosten in Deutschland im Jahr 2014 etwas stärker als im europäischen Durchschnitt. In den Krisenländern stagnierten die …
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This collection presents an updated bibliography of those empirical forest ecosystem service valuation studies in the German speaking countries which relate to demand oriented measures of the utility of public goods. The associated database (which is provided as a separately downloadable...
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zwischen politischer Ökonomie und Produktionskonzepten taugt, vor allem in Deutschland. Zuerst zeigen wir, dass DQP … betriebs- und volkswirtschaftlichen Wandels in Deutschland, wie DQP Mark I, ein vor allem in den 1980er-Jahren vorherrschendes …
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One of the main goals of the "Energy Strategy 2050" in Switzerland is the exploitation of the existing energy efficiency potentials. The size of the efficiency potential strongly depends on the development and the adoption of energy-related innovations. The objective of this project is to...
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