Search results for "Asset allocation"

Strategic Asset Building and Competitive Strategies for SMEs which Compete with Industry Giants

2014

This chapter studies companies which are arguably business super-heroes – the small firms which despite the apparent handicap of very limited resources are able to compete against much larger, multinational firms – the micro-giants Davids that take on Goliaths. Through a process of detailed case studies of actual firms, analysis of asset structure, and experiments with a simulation model, the relationships between key assets, critical success factors, and micro-giant competiveness are explored. The model produces six scenarios reflecting different strategies for developing tangible and intangible assets and, critically, the balance between them. A level of aggression is needed in asset buil…

Jubilación parcial y contrato de relevo: regulación y prospectiva

2022

En el marco de la “sociedad del bienestar” los Estados deben procurar acomodar la transición hacia la jubilación proveyendo a sus ciudadanos de vías efectivas, diversas y adaptadas a sus condiciones e intereses. Así pues, ante una “economía del conocimiento” donde las competencias profesionales de los recursos humanos de un país u organización adquieren un valor estratégico en términos de competitividad, resulta pertinente analizar el régimen jurídico de la jubilación parcial y del contrato de relevo.Respecto de dichas instituciones, en este trabajo se discuten sus distintas finalidades, incidiendo en su viabilidad y utilidad como fórmula adecuada al fin de transmitir bidireccionalmente las…

Quelle allocation optimale pour une caisse de retraite par capitalisation à prestations définies en France sur la période 1991-1998 ?

2001

Two Relevant Forecasting Problems for Practitioners in Finance: Equity Risk Premium and Non-Performing Loans

2021

The thesis aims to substantiate whether macroeconomic factors indicators are relevant to predict both in-sample and out-of-sample assets' future performance focusing on two well-studied themes in financial economics and banking: First, the ability to predict the equity risk premium, and second, the macroeconomic determinants of non-performing loans (NPL) rates. The dissertation is divided in three chapters. Chapter 1, entitled "Forecasting the equity risk premium in the European Monetary Union", investigates the capacity of multiple economic and technical variables to predict the Euro area equity risk premium. The chapter examines the performance of several variables that could be good pred…