Industrial Stocks as Investments

Instability Of Risk Loadings Of Industrial Stocks

By using the Flexible Least Squares (FLS) method, this study visibly shows the time variation paths of risk loadings for industrial stocks. Significant structural changes in time variation paths of risk loadings are verified by the OLS results and largely consistent with major economic and political events in the U.S. history.

Industrial Performance, ICT Investments and Workforce Skills

Economies of Architectural Investments in Industrial Practice

1 Architectural investments are large, lengthy, and risky. A decision to invest in architecture is often postponed because of difficulties to estimate its economic value and to communicate its long-term benefits. This paper proposes a method to support a decision process of architectural investments on an economic basis in industrial practice. The method combines qualitative Real Options analys...

Analyzing the Location Decisions of Agro-Industrial Investments in Greece

This article examines empirically the factors determining the agro-industrial investments in Greece and their impact on tourism development. Firstly, the determinants influencing the spatial configuration, the socioeconomic forces and the political framework of the agro-industrial investments in Greece are examined theoretically, according to the literature considered by Regional Science. At ne...

Economics of Investments in Evolvable Architecture in Industrial Practice

Evolvable architecture provides flexibility to meet unanticipated requirements, shorten time to market and reduce development effort. Investments in evolvable architecture are large, lengthy and risky. Therefore, a decision to invest in evolvability is often postponed until maintenance cost significantly overtakes the development costs, and severely disrupts further developments. The economic b...