The purpose of this paper is to present a rank based approach to cross-sectionallinear factor modelling. The emphasis is on approximating factor exposures in aconsistent manner in order to facilitate the merging of subjective information(from professional investors) with objective information...

Comparative risk projects can provide broad policy guidance but they rarely have adequate scientific foundations to support precise risk rankings. Many extant projects report rankings anyway, with limited attention to uncertainty. Stochastic uncertainty, structural uncertainty, and ignorance are...

Das Ziel der Arbeit besteht darin zu untersuchen, welcher Anteil und in welchen Bereichen sich kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) der deutschen Ernährungsindustrie strategisch Verhalten bzw. was für Strategien Anwendung finden. In der Literatur gibt es keine einheitliche Vorgehensweise zur...