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dc.contributor.authorHeitz, Christoph-
dc.contributor.authorGoren Huber, Lilach-
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-28T09:22:06Z-
dc.date.available2018-03-28T09:22:06Z-
dc.date.issued2014-
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/4381-
dc.description.abstractAsset Management is about realizing value from physical assets. To do this, money has to be invested in physical assets (purchase, maintenance, consumables, etc.) thus producing a specific technical performance for each asset over its lifecycle. The technical performance then allows to realize value for the owner. This can be either a monetary value (e.g. for a production firm that can sell products) or a non-monetary value (e.g. for a utility that can provide a reliable electricity supply). We examine the nature of physical assets as investment objects and derive some conclusions on optimal investment strategies. We develop a general model for physical assets as investment objects, simultaneously describing both the life cycle cost structure and the value realization under different operational policies. We show that physical assets are investments that have properties which distinguish them from classical financial investments such as bonds, stocks, or the like. In particular, the non-proportional relation of investment and value creation has important implications for the derivation of optimal investment strategies. We apply the framework to the problem of budget allocation in a portfolio of physical assets. The model allows the calculation of the optimal allocation such that the total value creation is maximized. It turns out that the solution is similar to the well-known Equimarginal Principle. We also re-examine a classical optimization problem from the maintenance literature and show that the classical solution may lead to wrong results because assets are regarded in isolation instead as part of a larger system of investment options. Since our approach combines both the cost and the value generation aspect of physical assets, and includes operational lifecycle policy decisions, it could form the conceptual basis for a new approach to asset management.de_CH
dc.language.isoende_CH
dc.publisherKongresszentrum IGLSde_CH
dc.rightsLicence according to publishing contractde_CH
dc.subjectPhysical asset managementde_CH
dc.subjectInvestment strategyde_CH
dc.subjectAsset portfoliode_CH
dc.subjectValue creationde_CH
dc.subject.ddc658.5: Produktionssteuerungde_CH
dc.titleOn the economics of asset managementde_CH
dc.typeKonferenz: Paperde_CH
dcterms.typeTextde_CH
zhaw.departementSchool of Engineeringde_CH
zhaw.organisationalunitInstitut für Datenanalyse und Prozessdesign (IDP)de_CH
zhaw.publisher.placeInnsbruckde_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.21256/zhaw-1893-
zhaw.conference.details18th International Working Seminar on Production Economics, Innsbruck, 24-28 February 2014de_CH
zhaw.funding.euNode_CH
zhaw.originated.zhawYesde_CH
zhaw.pages.end102de_CH
zhaw.pages.start89de_CH
zhaw.parentwork.editorGrubbström, Robert W.-
zhaw.parentwork.editorHinterhuber, Hans H.-
zhaw.publication.statuspublishedVersionde_CH
zhaw.publication.reviewNot specifiedde_CH
zhaw.title.proceedingsEighteenth international working seminar on production economics : pre-printsde_CH
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Heitz, C., & Goren Huber, L. (2014). On the economics of asset management [Conference paper]. In R. W. Grubbström & H. H. Hinterhuber (Eds.), Eighteenth international working seminar on production economics : pre-prints (pp. 89–102). Kongresszentrum IGLS. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1893
Heitz, C. and Goren Huber, L. (2014) ‘On the economics of asset management’, in R.W. Grubbström and H.H. Hinterhuber (eds) Eighteenth international working seminar on production economics : pre-prints. Innsbruck: Kongresszentrum IGLS, pp. 89–102. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1893.
C. Heitz and L. Goren Huber, “On the economics of asset management,” in Eighteenth international working seminar on production economics : pre-prints, 2014, pp. 89–102. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-1893.
HEITZ, Christoph und Lilach GOREN HUBER, 2014. On the economics of asset management. In: Robert W. GRUBBSTRÖM und Hans H. HINTERHUBER (Hrsg.), Eighteenth international working seminar on production economics : pre-prints. Conference paper. Innsbruck: Kongresszentrum IGLS. 2014. S. 89–102
Heitz, Christoph, and Lilach Goren Huber. 2014. “On the Economics of Asset Management.” Conference paper. In Eighteenth International Working Seminar on Production Economics : Pre-Prints, edited by Robert W. Grubbström and Hans H. Hinterhuber, 89–102. Innsbruck: Kongresszentrum IGLS. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1893.
Heitz, Christoph, and Lilach Goren Huber. “On the Economics of Asset Management.” Eighteenth International Working Seminar on Production Economics : Pre-Prints, edited by Robert W. Grubbström and Hans H. Hinterhuber, Kongresszentrum IGLS, 2014, pp. 89–102, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1893.


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