Ziel der Diplomarbeit ist es, einerseits den Ökotextilmarkt hinsichtlich der eingesetzten Rohstoffe, der angebotenen Produkte und deren Zertifizierungen darzustellen. Andererseits wurden die bisherigen Entwicklungen des Ökotextilmarktes, die Entwicklungschancen von Naturfasern aus...

Ecological resources are resources that have functional value to ecosystems. Frequently, these functions are overlooked in terms of the value they provide to humans. Environmental economics is in search of an appropriate analysis framework for such resources. In such a framework, it is essential...

One of the assumptions of analysis of variance (ANOVA) is that the variances of the groups being compared are approximately equal. This assumption is routinely checked before doing an analysis, although some workers consider ANOVA robust and do not bother and others avoid parametric procedures...

E tanulmány azt vizsgálja, hogy a fenntartható fejlődés közgazdasági fogalmát miképpen lehet hatékonyan bevezetni a köznevelésbe és az iskolán kívüli nevelési tevékenységbe. A fenntartható fejlődésre úgy tekintünk, mint gazdasági, társadalmi és környezetvédelmi...

The Bayes factor is commonly used for comparing different evolutionary rate models and different topologies in phylogeny. It is crucial to develop efficient Monte Carlo methods for estimating the marginal likelihoods in the Bayes factor. The Monte Carlo methods currently advocated in the...

We consider a firm that designs a new product and wishes to bring it to market, but does not have ownership or control over all of the resources required to make that happen. The firm must select and contract with one of several possible tier 1 suppliers for necessary inputs, who do the same...

My dissertation contains three studies centering on the question: how to motivate people to share high quality information on online information aggregation systems, also known as social computing systems? I take a social scientific approach to identify the strategic behavior of individuals in...