The virtual organization is temporarily founded network of the organizations, based on the information technology. The purpose of virtual organization is rapidly and effective exploit the business chance. The key marks of virtual organization are flexibility, high quality, opportunism,...

Litchi is an important crop in the mountainous part of northern Thailand yet its profitability has declined during the last 15 years. The replacement of litchi fruit orchards for seasonal flowers and vegetables has external costs related to increased levels of soil erosion, pesticides, and...

Post-Cold War military conflicts have highlighted the need for a flexible, agile joint force responsive to emerging crises around the globe. The 2005 Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) acquisition policy document mandates a shift away from stove-piped threat-based...

This dissertation presents a prototype model and methodology for validating a simpleagent-based model against the basic Hotelling monopoly model and a few basic extensions.Hotelling's Rule identi es the expected behavior of a market for a nonrenewable resource.The statement is simple - marginal...

The current study presents the NormSim Agent-Based Model in MASON. NormSimconducts a computational analysis of the International Relations theory of constructivism.NormSim explores the metastable dynamics of norms through the interactions ofheterogeneous agents embedded within a complex social...

The purpose of this project is to examine the benefits of basing economic analysisof accident law on the notion that individuals form a spontaneous order as they respondto the institution of tort law, each other, and their environment. Furthermore, I examinethe efficacy of agent-based modeling...

Elektronische Marktplätze verändern seit den letzten Jahren immer häufiger bestehende Wertschöpfungsketten. Neben konventionellen Märkten entstehen globale Märkte, auf denen ortsunabhängig eine große Zahl von Anbietern und Kunden Handelstransaktionen abwickeln kann. Die große Zahl von...

Die Beziehung zum Kunden r?ckt immer mehr in den Mittelpunkt unternehmerischer Entscheidungen. Dies spiegelt sich nicht nur in aktuellen Gesch?ftsberichten und Pressemitteilungen zahlreicher Unternehmen wider (vgl. z. B. AXA Konzern AG, 2007; Deutsche Telekom AG, 2007; Commerzbank AG, 2007; Siemens AG,...

Bei zunehmenden Investitionsausgaben f?r Informationstechnologie (IT) ist die aktuelle Situation, dass ca. 70% der IT-Investitionen die geplanten Ziele nicht erreichen (vgl. Chaos Report der Standish Group), kaum tragbar. Dieser Zustand resultiert u.a. aus einer Fehlallokation von Ressourcen...