Springer New York: 5497 books
New Firm Creation in the United States
Initial Explorations with the PSED II Data Set
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2009
This research program began in 1993. The idea of developing representative samples of those active in the business creation process, now called nascent entrepreneurs, developed from the success of using regional characteristics to 1 predict variations in new firm birth rates in six countries. The...
Come On!
Capitalism, Short-termism, Population and the Destruction of the Planet
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2017
Current worldwide trends are not sustainable. The Club of Rome’s warnings published in the book Limits to Growth are still valid. Remedies that are acceptable for the great majority tend to make things worse. We seem to be in a philosophical crisis. Pope Francis says it clearly: our common home...
by Sergey Foss, Dmitry Korshunov, Stan Zachary
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
Heavy-tailed probability distributions are an important component in the modeling of many stochastic systems. They are frequently used to accurately model inputs and outputs of computer and data networks and service facilities such as call centers. They are an essential for describing risk processes...
by Fabio Tronchetti
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Presents and addresses key space law and policy issues for the benefit of wider informed audiences that wish to acquaint themselves with the fundamentals of the space law field. This brief analyzes in a concise manner the combined influence of space law and policy on international space activities....
Portfolio Decision Analysis
Improved Methods for Resource Allocation
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2011
Portfolio Decision Analysis: Improved Methods for Resource Allocation provides an extensive, up-to-date coverage of decision analytic methods which help firms and public organizations allocate resources to 'lumpy' investment opportunities while explicitly recognizing relevant financial and non-financial...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
This volume presents selections of Peter J. Bickel’s major papers, along with comments on their novelty and impact on the subsequent development of statistics as a discipline. Each of the eight parts concerns a particular area of research and provides new commentary by experts in the area. The parts...
by Sibel Adali
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
We make complex decisions every day, requiring trust in many different entities for different reasons. These decisions are not made by combining many isolated trust evaluations. Many interlocking factors play a role, each dynamically impacting the others. In this brief, "trust context"...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2014
This edited book collects state-of-the-art research related to large-scale data analytics that has been accomplished over the last few years. This is among the first books devoted to this important area based on contributions from diverse scientific areas such as databases, data mining, supercomputing,...
Isospectral Transformations
A New Approach to Analyzing Multidimensional Systems and Networks
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2014
This book presents a new approach to the analysis of networks, which emphasizes how one can compress a network while preserving all information relative to the network's spectrum. Besides these compression techniques, the authors introduce a number of other isospectral transformations and demonstrate...
Waves in Neural Media
From Single Neurons to Neural Fields
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
Waves in Neural Media: From Single Neurons to Neural Fields surveys mathematical models of traveling waves in the brain, ranging from intracellular waves in single neurons to waves of activity in large-scale brain networks. The work provides a pedagogical account of analytical methods for finding...
The Unity of Science and Economics
A New Foundation of Economic Theory
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
This book presents a new economic theory developed from physical and biological principles. It explains how technology, social systems and economic values are intimately related to resources. Many people have recognized that mainstream (neoclassical) economic theories are not consistent with physical...
Service Management
The New Paradigm in Retailing
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2011
“Great retailers are great at service. No exceptions. This book offers a wealth of insight into delivering excellent retail service.”
---Leonard L. Berry, Distinguished Professor of Marketing, N.B Zale Chair in Retailing and Market Leadership, Mays Business School, Texas A&M...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2010
This book would not have been possible without the dedication and commitment of each of the chapter authors. For some authors, writing a chapter was beyond their “9–5” job, and this book re?ects their commitment to sustainability at the local level for their communities. To every chapter author...
The Delta Model
Reinventing Your Business Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2009
Strategy is the most central issue in management. It has to do with defining the purpose of an organization, understanding the market in which it operates and the capabilities the firm possesses, and putting together a winning plan. There are many influential frameworks to help managers undertake...