Quantitative modelling in marketing and management [[electronic resource] /] / by Luiz Moutinho, Kun-Huang Huarng

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464801003321
• Autore: Moutinho Luiz
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2013
• ISBN: 1-283-85086-9; 981-4407-72-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (530 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): HuarngKun-Huang
• Disciplina: 658.8001; 658.80011
• Soggetti: Management - Mathematical models; Marketing - Mathematical models; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Preface; Introduction; Part 1. Statistical Modelling; Part 2. Computer Modelling; Part 3. Mathematical and Other Models; References; Part 1. Statistical Modelling; Chapter 1. A Review of the Major Multidimensional Scaling Models for the Analysis of Preference/Dominance Data in Marketing Wayne S. DeSarbo and Sunghoon Kim; 1. Introduction; 2. The Vector MDS Model; 2.1. The individual level vector MDS model; 2.2. The segment level or clusterwise vector MDS model; 3. The Unfolding MDS Model; 3.1. The individual level simple unfolding model; 3.2. The segment level or clusterwise multidimensional unfolding model 4. A Marketing Application; 4.1. The vector model results; 4.2. The simple unfolding model results; 5. Discussion; References; Chapter 2. Role of Structural Equation Modelling in Theory Testing and Development Parikshat S. Manhas, Ajay K. Manrai, Lalita A. Manrai and Ramjit; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Structural equation modelling; 1.2. Terminology, rules, and conventions; 2. Structural Equation Modeling - Example; 2.1. Model identification; Model specification; 2.2. Goodness-of-fit; 2.3. Model fit summary for the current example 3. Model Estimation, ; Modification and Interpretation; References; APPENDIX; Steps To Launch Amos Graphics; Chapter 3. Partial Least Squares Path Modelling in Marketing and Management Research: An Annotated Application Joaquín Aldás-Manzano; 1. Introduction; 2. The PLSPM Algorithm; 3. PLSPM Properties: Strengths and Weaknesses; 4. Applied Example: The Role of Trust on Consumers Adoption of Online Banking; 4.1. The model; 4.2. Method; 4.3. Estimating a PLSPM. Step 1. Dealing with second order factors; 4.4. Estimating a PLSPM. Step 2. Validating the measurement (outer) model 4.4.1. Reliability; 4.4.2. Convergent validity; 4.4.3. Discriminant validity; 4.5. Estimating a PLSPM. Step 3. Assessing the structural (inner) model; 4.5.1. R2 of dependent LV; 4.5.2. Predictive relevance; 4.6. Estimating a PLSPM. Step 4. Hypotheses testing; 5. Conclusion; References; Chapter 4. DEA- Data Envelopment Analysis: Models, Methods and Applications Dr. Alex Manzoni and Professor Sardar M.N Islam; 1. Introduction; 2. Basic DEA Model; 3. Slack and Returns to Scale; 4. Assumptions, Strengths and Limitations; 5. Applications, Examples and Computation Programs 6. Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References; Chapter 5. Statistical Model Selection Graeme D Hutcheson; 1. Introduction; 2. Some Example Analyses; 2.1. Tourism in Portugal; 2.2. Union membership; 3. Problem 1: Including Non-Important Variables in the Model; 3.1. Simulating data; 3.2. Models derived from simulated data; 4. Problem 2: Not Including Important Variables in the Model; 4.1. Modelling fuel consumption; 5. Conclusion; References; Part 2. Computer Modelling; Chapter 6. Artificial Neural Networks and Structural Equation Modelling: An Empirical Comparison to Evaluate Business Customer Loyalty Arnaldo Coelho, Luiz Moutinho, Graeme D Hutcheson and Maria Manuela Santos Silva
• Sommario/riassunto: The field of marketing and management has undergone immense changes over the past decade. These dynamic changes are driving an increasing need for data analysis using quantitative modelling.Problem solving using the quantitative approach and other models has always been a hot topic in the fields of marketing and management. Quantitative modelling seems admirably suited to help managers in their strategic decision making on operations management issues. In social sciences, quantitative research refers to the systematic empirical investigation of social phenomena via statistical, mathematical or

The puppet masters : : how the corrupt use legal structures to hide stolen assets and what to do about it / / Emile van der Does de Willebois ... [and others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781472203321
• Autore: Does de Willebois Emile van der
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2011]; copyright 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-33173-X; 9786613331731; 9780821388967; 0-8213-8896-7
• Descrizione fisica: xiii, 267 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm
• Altri autori (Persone): Does de WilleboisEmile van der
• Disciplina: 364.16/8
• Soggetti: Corporations - Corrupt practices
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. The misuse of corporate vehicles -- pt. 2. The beneficial owner -- pt. 3. The beneficial owner -- pt. 4. Finding the beneficial owner.
• Sommario/riassunto: Billions in corrupt assets, complex money trails, strings of shell companies and other spurious legal structures. These form the complex web of subterfuge in corruption cases, behind which hides the beneficial owner- the Puppet Master and beneficiary of it all. Linking the beneficial owner to the proceeds of corruption is notoriously hard. With sizable wealth and resources on their side, they exploit transnational constructions that are hard to penetrate and stay aggressively ahead of the game. Nearly all cases of grand corruption have one thing in common. They rely on corporate vehicles- lega