This volume was prepared by Rahel Aichele while she was working at the ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2012 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes five self-contained chapters. The chapters investigate how, in a...

This study estimates the suitability of prediction markets (as instruments of internal control) by analyzing their event and progress sensitivity based on comprehensive experimental data. The underlying experiment was designed using expected average grades and closely observing students' (rank...

Data are one of the key elements in corporate decision-making, without them, the decision-making process cannot be imagined. As a consequence, different analytical tools are needed that allow the efficient use of data, information and knowledge. These analytical tools are commonly called...

One of the most important aspects of current economical and social reality of each local and regional territory, and very much determinative for its economic development potential, is the nature of its territorial organization of the productive processes, as well as, the characteristics, and...

Der Beitrag beschreibt die Konzeption von BI als integrierten Gesamtansatz, veranschaulicht das Potenzial für eine innovative Nutzung von Informationen zur Erreichung von Wettbewerbsvorteilen und gibt einen Überblick über ausgewählte zukünftige Entwicklungen und Trends.