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Der Rückkauf eigener Anteile im deutschen Finanzsystem

Wettberg, Stefanie C. - 2003

Aktienrückkauf vor und während der Bankenkrise von 1931 zeigt, daß in dieser Zeit wohl primär mit dem Ziel eines Transfers von …

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Determinanten der Ausschüttungspolitik – Theoretische Fundierung und Analyse der Relevanz aus der Perspektive von Unternehmen und Investment Professionals

Trost, Stefanie - 2009

Die Analyse von Determinanten der Ausschüttungspolitik hat in den vergangenen 50 Jahren sowohl aus der Perspektive der betriebswirtschaftlichen Forschung als auch aus Sicht der unternehmerischen Praxis zunehmend an Bedeutung gewonnen. Die bisher publizierten Beiträge basieren vorwiegend auf...

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Share repurchases as a potential tool to mislead investors

Chan, K; Ikenberry, DL; Lee, I; Wang, Y - 2010

A rich literature argues that stock repurchases often serve as positive economic signals beneficial to investors. Yet due to their inherent flexibility, open-market repurchase programs have long been criticized as weak signals lacking commitment. We evaluate whether some managers potentially use...

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Sticky prices and time to equilibrium: Evidence from Asia-Pacific trade-related economies

Ho, Catherine S. F.; Ariff, Mohamed - 2010

The theoretical relation between exchange rate and prices has been a difficult proposition to find supporting evidence despite many studies of developed economies using standard research methods. The exchange rate to price relation appears to hold in the long run only, a result consistent with...

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Initiation of evasive manoeuvres during self-motion: a test of three hypotheses

Tresilian, JR; Wallis, GM; Mattocks, C - 2004

time-to-collision (TTC), distance, and rate of image expansion ( ROE), all of which have received empirical support. We …

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Long-term survivor mixture model with random effects: application to a multi-centre clinical trial of carcinoma

Yau, KKW; Ng, ASK - 2001

random effects. In this paper, the long-term survivor mixture model is extended for the analysis of multivariate failure time …

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Optimal and Heuristic Echelon (r, nQ, T) Policies in Serial Inventory Systems with Fixed Costs

Shang, Kevin - 2010

This paper studies a periodic-review, serial inventory system in which echelon (r, nQ,T) policies are implemented. Under such a policy, each stage reviews its inventory in every T period and orders according to an echelon (r,nQ) policy. Two types of fixed costs are considered: one is associated...

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Activity recognition using temporal evidence theory

McKeever, Susan; Ye, Juan; Coyle, Lorcan; Bleakley, Chris; … - 2010

technical, frequently noisy data of sensors into meaningful interpretations of occupant activities. Time is a natural human way … distinct times throughout the day and last for predicable lengths of time. However, the inclusion of temporal information is … recognition, and is suited to the incorporation of time related domain knowledge into the reasoning process. In this paper, an …

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The valuation of Management activity in time (control) management aspect

Babilienė, Ieva; Vaitkutė, Indrė - 2008

The title of Masters thesis research is „The valuation of Management activity in time management aspect“. In the … theoretical part of thesis is analyzed time control problems in F. Taylor academic works. Described defective time control problem … dimension and possible consequences. Means of time management and potential internal and external environments influence of time …

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Does a multi-sectoral design improve indicator-based forecasts of the GDP growth rate? Evidence from Switzerland

Graff, Michael - 2010

This article presents a multi-sectoral composite indicator for the Swiss GDP growth rate, targeting a lead of two quarters. The in-sample period ranges from 1991 to 2002 and 14 data points are reserved as out of sample to assess the forecasting performance. The results appear promising, in terms...

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