Books in the Springer Texts in Business and Economics series

The second part of the text devoted to multivariate processes, such as vector autoregressive (VAR) models and structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) models, which have become the main tools in empirical macroeconomics.

This book is an applications-orientedtext designed for individuals who desire a hands-on approach to analyzing theeffects of fiscal and monetary policies.

EC is having an impact on a significant portion of the world, affecting businesses, professions, trade, and of course, people.The most important developments in EC since 2014 are the continuous phenomenal growth of social networks, especially Facebook , LinkedIn and Instagram, and the trend toward conducting EC with mobile devices.

This textbook gives a comprehensive introduction to stochastic processes and calculus in the fields of finance and economics, more specifically mathematical finance and time series econometrics.

Throughout the book the student is well supplied with numerous examples, some 2000 problems and their solutions to apply the knowledge to economic theories and models.

The authors discuss the engineering properties of energy technologies including renewables, the economics of natural resources and environmental protection, market liberalization, and energy trade as well as the experience of the German energy transformation.

This textbook presents the basics of game theory both on an undergraduate level and on a more advanced mathematical level. Part II goes deeper into noncooperative theory and treats the theory of zerosum games, refinements of Nash equilibrium in strategic as well as extensive form games, and evolutionary games.

This textbook is an elementary introduction to the key topics in mathematical finance and financial economics - two realms of ideas that substantially overlap but are often treated separately from each other.

This textbook first introduces the reader to return measurement and then goes on to compare the time-weighted rate of return (TWR) with the money-weighted rate of return (MWR). To emphasize the importance of risk in conjunction with return, different tracking errors are analyzed and ex-post versus ex-ante risk figures are compared.

This undergraduate textbook adopts the perspective of organizations - not individuals - and clarifies the impact of social media on their different departments or disciplines, while also exploring how organizations use social media to create business value.

This textbook on network economics provides essential microeconomic instruments for the analysis of network sectors like telecommunications, transport or energy.

This book presents the fundamentals of innovation and product management and introduces the reader to a holistic process model with particular focus on innovation and uncertainty. It features market-based examples and case-studies from international companies.

and a Companion Website that includes EC support technologies as well as online files.The book is organized into 12 chapters grouped into 6 parts. Part 2 focuses on EC Applications, while Part 3 looks at Emerging EC Platforms, with two new chapters on Social Commerce and Enterprise Social Networks.

This is the first comprehensive text which brings together European, Asian and American perspectives on knowledge-based value creation. Includes case studies, examples, questions and assignments as well as easy to use knowledge management tools.

This updated and revised second edition of the accessible, practice-oriented guide gives readers a compact and step-by-step introduction to the most important quantitative market research techniques, as well as how to use and analyze them in SPSS.

This book establishes a framework for supply chain transformation, focuses on the transformation of current chains, and examines key issues in transforming supply chains for emerging economies, humanitarian relief, sustainability, and healthcare delivery.

This exemplary undergraduate text delivers solid theoretical fundamentals and serviceable practical guidance. Its modular format includes chapters on infrastructure and financing, and features clear learning objectives and plenty of illuminating case studies.

This book closely examines the strategic and tactical aspects of customer relationship management as it stands today. Benefiting advanced students and working executives, the book stresses economic customer value as the guiding concept for marketing decisions.

This book offers a simple, fully operational introduction to applied general equilibrium as an analytical tool in economics. Coverage includes model design, model development, computer code examples, calibration and data adjustments, practical policy examples.

This book answers such questions as: Under what conditions could a market-based approach help decrease emissions and lead to sustainable economic growth? What investment strategies should be promoted via the Kyoto protocol and the EU Emission Trading Scheme?

Combining practical approaches with detailed theoretical underpinnings, this book provides theories, tools, frameworks, and techniques for global operations strategy, and brings real world perspectives to students and managers.

This book presents modern methods of time series econometrics and their applications to macroeconomics and finance. It includes numerous examples and analyses based on real economic data.

Here is a concise introduction to a fascinating new field which draws on ideas from economics, mathematics and, most recently, psychology to better understand financial markets. The book includes recent results in behavioral finance that help to explain puzzles in traditional finance.

The book presents all major subjects in international monetary theory, foreign exchange markets, international financial management and investment analysis. It is relevant to real world problems. Various exercises and internet links provide extra help.

Presents a range of investment appraisal methods and models to help readers make good investment decisions.

This book represents a new foundation for the study of microeconomics, viewed from a broad perspective that takes into account new developments at the intersections with psychology, political science, the natural sciences and philosophy.

One of the many innovative features of this book is that it incorporates contributions from behavioral economics and neuroeconomics, providing a deeper understanding of consumer preferences and the motivation for many current business practices.