Demographic trends put a burden on EU pension provision. As the sustainability of pension systems is addressed by current pension reforms, lower benefit levels are projected. In this scenario, households may want to consider supplementing their public pension income. As their own residence is on...

This research explores a possible reason for the inconsistent results from previous study on the profitability analysis in precision agriculture - different standards of identifying possible erroneous observations for PA datasets. By comparing the results from the different standards of...

This paper studies the entry decision of a multinational enterprise into a foreign market. Two alternative entry modes for a foreign direct investment are considered: Greenfield investment versus acquisition. In contrast to existing approaches, the acquisition price and the profits under both...

This paper studies the effect of technology spillovers on the entry decision of a multinational enterprise into a foreign market. Two alternative entry modes for a foreign direct investment are considered: Greenfield investment versus acquisition. We find that with quantity competition a...

In this study, we investigated the effect of periodic uniaxial strains on electron and phonon transports of MoS 2 monolayers on a periodically corrugated sapphire surface. Micro-Raman, polarized photoluminescence and second harmonic generation results shows the anisotropy of the...

Aus dem Vorwort: Dieses Handbuch Arbeitswissenschaft stellt ein Ergebnis eines mehrjährigen Diskussionsprozesses zum Selbstverständnis und zum Gegenstand der Arbeitswissenschaft dar. Die beiden Herausgeber Holger Luczak und Walter Volpert haben hiermit eine Kerndefinition und einen...

The economic potential of innovative variable rate planting date for profitability and risk reduction is examined in a whole farm management setting. A mixed integer, quadratic programming model using a mean-variance (E-V) framework is used to represent the precision agriculture issues of...