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Verzerrungen von Konsumentenpreisindices und ihr Einfluss auf das „reale“ Wirtschaftswachstum – dargestellt am Beispiel der USA / Biases in Consumer Price Indices and Their Impact...
Hartwig, Jochen; Schips, Bernd - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 225 (2005) 4, pp. 394-412
. Es erweist sich, dass die Divergenz in den Wachstumsraten der USA und der EU seit 1997 fast zur Gänze auf …
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TQM in higher education ‐ a review
Owlia, Mohammad S.; Aspinwall, Elaine M. - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 14 (1997) 5, pp. 527-543
Posits that the role that quality plays in the higher education sector is becoming more important as the dominance of market‐orientation leaves no alternative for universities and colleges but to improve their quality while increasing efficiency. Philosophies like total quality management...
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The impact of JIT: a critical analysis
Peters, Michael H.; Jill Austin, M. - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 95 (1995) 1, pp. 12-17
stakeholder theory be used to consider JIT from a realistic and complete perspective. According to stakeholder theory, there are …
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A module‐based conceptual framework for largescale expert systems
Kaula, Rajeev; Lander, Leslie C. - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 95 (1995) 2, pp. 15-23
Increasing utilization of expert systems in organizations has ecessitated development of large‐scale expert systems that deal with complex problem domains requiring handling of large knowledge bases. Adapts the concepts and structures of open information systems to outline a conceptual...
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Intangible assets and stock trading strategies
Zhang, Duo - In: Managerial Finance 29 (2003) 10, pp. 38-56
Hall (2001a) argues that the value of intangible assets can be inferred from firms’ stock market value and the value of tangible assets, which suggests rational valuation in the market. This paper investigates the relationship between firms’ future stock returns and their inferred...
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The value premium: rational, irrational or random
Black, Angela J.; Fraser, Patricia - In: Managerial Finance 29 (2003) 10, pp. 57-75
Using data from the stock markets of Japan, the UK and the US, this paper examines the time series properties of a price index derived from a zero net investment strategy of buying value stocks and short selling growth stocks. We use the results of this analysis to consider implications for the...
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Behavioral Challenges for Retirement Planning: A Study of Employees of the Information Technology Industry in Pune, Maharashtra
Khedekar-Swaminathan, Ashlesha; Kulkarni, Savita - In: International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics … 7 (2018) 2, pp. 15-29
Standard economic theory based on the rationality assumption predicts optimal provisions for retirement by individuals …. This article attempts to test the role of selected heuristics as well as the influence of framing of choices in financial … advice from financial experts Results of chi-square tests further confirmed the existence of the selected heuristics and …
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An Incorporation of the Fuzzy Greedy Search Heuristic With Evolutionary Approaches for Combinatorial Optimization in Operations Management
Sheibani, Kaveh - In: International Journal of Applied Evolutionary … 8 (2017) 2, pp. 58-72
Although greedy algorithms are important, nowadays it is well assumed that the solutions they obtain can be used as a starting point for more sophisticated methods. This paper describes an evolutionary approach which is based on genetic algorithms (GA). A constructive heuristic, so-called fuzzy...
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Fuzzy Greedy Search: A Deterministic Heuristic for Combinatorial Optimization
Sheibani, Kaveh - In: International Journal of Applied Management Sciences … 4 (2017) 2, pp. 1-12
This paper presents mathematics of the so-called fuzzy greedy evaluation concept which can be integrated into approaches for hard combinatorial optimization problems. The proposed method evaluates objects in a way that combines fuzzy reasoning with a greedy mechanism, thereby exploiting a fuzzy...
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An Efficient Approach for the Reentrant Parallel Machines Scheduling Problem under Consumable Resources Constraints
Belkaid, Fayçal; Yalaoui, Farouk; Sari, Zaki - In: International Journal of Information Systems and Supply … 9 (2016) 3, pp. 1-25
In present manufacturing environment, the reentrant scheduling problem is one of the most important issues in the planning and operation of production systems. It has a large scope such as capacity distribution and inventory control. On the other hand, the markets are very competitive; it is a...
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