Industrial Production Index and the Web: an explorative cointegration analysis

In this paper we explore the relationship between the Industrial Production Index (IPI), the confidence index for the manufacturing sector and its sub-indexes and Google searches for several words linked to the economic situation, for the period January 2004 - September 2016 on Italian data. Significant correlations between the selected indicators point to probable comovements of same. Adding one observation at a time since the first forewarning signs of the 2008 crisis, we find that a few Google searches and the IPI cointegrate, particularly during the strong downward trend leading to January 2009, while no confidence indicators cointegrate with the IPI. These findings suggest that concern about economic conditions expressed through searches in google and the IPI or the confidence indexes are influenced by common circumstances. Recursive forecasts of the IPI through VECM models suggest that the evolution of the IPI can be well mimicked using the real time Gtrends selected variables

On line configuration of Mudular Plant by means of Hybrid Methods

Haifa, Israe

Dynamic profiling of banking customers: a pseudo–panel study

L’analisi dell’evoluzione della soddisfazione nel contesto di business, è di solito basato su studi pseudo-panel, perchè sono meno costosi e facili da costruire con i dati disponibili. Come in casi cross-section, informazioni dettagliate sui clienti vengono raccolte in ogni istante temporale, ma il confronto dinamico avviene generalmente considerando soli pochi ritardi temporali (a causa del breve ciclo di vita di prodotti e servizi). Di conseguenza, nel nostro contributo proponiamo l’utilizzo dell’analisi fattoriale multipla duale. Tale tecnica permette la sintesi delle tabelle multivariate e la visualizzazione delle stesse su uno spazio comune che fa luce su traiettorie di soddisfazione dei clienti. I vantaggi della tecnica vengono illustrati in un caso di studio relativo ad una banca italianaThe analysis of the evolution of satisfaction in business context is usually based on pseudo panels studies, because they are less costly and easy to build with the available data. As in the cross-section case, detailed information about customers are collected at each time point, but the dynamic comparison generally involves few temporal lags (due to short life time of products and services). Accordingly, in our paper we apply the Dual Multiple Factor Analysis. Such a technique allows the synthesis of the multivariate tables and their visualization on a common space that sheds light on customers’ trajectories of satisfaction. A real case study of an Italian bank is illustrate

Method for postharvest treating citrus fruit

The present invention relates to a method for post-harvest treating citrus fruit comprising a step of washing citrus fruit, said step of washing citrus fruit comprising: a) a step of bringing water into contact with citrus fruit; b) a step of electrolyzing said water which has been brought into contact with citrus fruit; and c) a step of using said electrolyzed water as washing water of the citrus fruit