Wenn Unternehmen ihre Geschäftsprozesse auf die Erreichung strategischerWettbewerbsvorteile ausrichten wollen, dürfen sie nicht nur Kosten senken,sondern müssen die Prozesse auf die Kunden und die Unternehmenszieleausrichten. Dafür ist es notwendig, ihre Wertschöpfung zu ermitteln....

Ziel der Arbeit war die Entwicklung eines energiewirtschaftlichen Modells, um künftige Entscheidungen zum Ausbau der regenerativen Energieträger nach unterschiedlichen, sich teilweise widersprechenden Kriterien treffen zu können. Das Modell ist für die strom- und wärmeseitige...

The dissertation has been written within the post graduate program of the German Research Foundation (DFG) on “Business Aspects of Loosely Coupled Systems and Electronic Business”. This program focuses on research related to the diffusion of innovations in the digital age. Accordingly, the...

Pooled time-series, cross-sectional data on 110 Australian companies over the period 1992-1998 is employed to examine whether the trademarked variant of residual income known as economic value-added (EVA®) is more highly associated with stock returns than other commonly-used accounting-based...

This paper empirically investigates the determinants of firms’ performance in the agri-food sector by using recent survey data for Denmark. Treating sales per employee as a proxy for value addition we estimate several bootstrapped regression models to draw conclusions on the marginal effects...

The purpose of this report is to assess the role of agriculture in the North Dakota economy. This analysis is both statewide and regional in perspective (data are provided for each of the state's eight planning regions). Key indicators used in the analysis include sales for final demand (i.e.,...

The purpose of this report is to assess the role of agriculture in the North Dakota economy. This analysis is both statewide and regional in perspective (data are provided for each of the state's eight planning regions). Key indicators used in the analysis include sales for final demand (i.e.,...

This paper analyses the effect of environmental and quality improvement practices on the value added of the fruit and vegetable sector. These practices form part of the incentive-based programmes established by the Common Agricultural Policy. Taking the investment in quality-environmental...

This paper investigates empirically the determinants of firms’ performance in the agrifood sector by using recent survey data for Denmark. Treating sales per employee as a proxy for value added we estimate several bootstrapped regression models to draw conclusions on the marginal effects of...