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Monte-Carlo Simulation und Due Diligence: Ein methodischer Ansatz zur computergestützten Aggregierung von Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilungen aus Expertenbefragungen
Klein, Martin - 2010
The combination of experts' probability distributions involved in a due diligence is valuable for encapsulating the accumulated information for decision makers and providing the current state of expert opinion regarding important uncertainties. Therefore, this paper shows how to create and...
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Scenarios and Options for Productivity Growth in Philippine Agriculture: An Application of the Agricultural Multimarket Model for Policy Evaluation (AMPLE)
Briones, Roehlano M. - 2010
Sustaining and accelerating agricultural growth remains a development imperative in view of persistent rural poverty and emerging threats to food security. While growth can be achieved by expansion of agricultural area and input intensification, growth through improvement in productivity is a...
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Operational risk - scenario analysis
Rippel, Milan; Teplý, Petr - 2008
Operational risk management and measurement has been paid an increasing attention in last years. The main two reasons are the Basel II requirements that were to be complied with by all international active financial institutions by the end of 2006 and recent severe operational risk loss events....
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Rethinking the world of aid in the twenty first century
Heller, Peter S. - 2011
Many concerns can be raised about the effectiveness of current aid programmes to developing countries. The appropriateness of aid is particularly questionable when one considers the likely character of the challenges that the global economy will confront in 2025, as suggested by alternative...
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Prozessinnovationen bei Logistikdienstleistungsunternehmen: Entwicklung eines Reifegradmodells für die Prozessinnovationsfähigkeit auf Basis empirisch untersuchter Erfolgsfaktoren...
Siegmann, Julian - 2015
Today's competitive market for logistics services requires providers of such services to be capable of successfully … through implementing new or improved methodical, social, structural or technological concepts seeking to increase logistics … service capabilities. This research aims at supporting decision makers of logistics service provides in enhancing their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014433912
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Changes in production work when using smart wearables—results of a Delphi-based study
Blumberg, Verena; Schulte, Eva-Maria; Kauffeld, Simone - In: Zeitschrift für Arbeitswissenschaft 75 (2021) 4, pp. 505-526
In industrial production, smart wearables (e.g. data glasses) are becoming more relevant to support employees. While economic aspects have so far been the focus of the introduction, changes for work design have been neglected. The aim of the Delphi study was to describe changes through the use...
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Add-In basierte Softwaretools zur stochastischen Unternehmensbewertung? Spreadsheet basierte Monte-Carlo-Simulation und Risikoanalyse bei den vier marktführenden Softwarepaketen im...
Klein, Martin - 2010
Valuation always has to deal with uncertainty. The paper provides an overview and illustration of how Monte Carlo simulation can enrich the due diligence process. Therefore ; the four major software offerings on the market today are reviewed. The investigation addresses different characteristics...
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Assessing Development Strategies to Achieve the MDGs in Asia: Philippines (Final Report)
Briones, Roehlano M.; Quimba, Francis Mark A.; … - 2011
The Philippines is a developing country with strong commitment to the millennium development goals (MDGs). However, it faces challenges in closing MDG gaps, owing to mediocre growth, macroeconomic instability, and financing constraints. Since the 1990s, increases in per capita incomes have been...
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Philippine Agriculture to 2020: Threats and Opportunities from Global Trade
Briones, Roehlano M. - 2013
Agriculture confronts several challenges over the decade, i.e., meeting burgeoning food requirements with limited farm land, and balancing the need to import with the provision of livelihoods. The current policy regime leans heavily toward import substitution, with supply side interventions to...
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Rents in the era of resource scarcity: Global payment flows under alternative scenarios
Duchin, Faye; Levine, Stephen - In: Journal of Economic Structures 4 (2015), pp. 1-17
Resource prices rise when more costly sources need to be exploited. When the world price increases, owners of low-cost sources receive scarcity rents. The magnitude of the rents depends on the range of resource qualities being simultaneously exploited and can represent a substantial transfer of...
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