This is a three-day intensive course on advanced methods for performance measurement for multi-input multioutput firms. Among other things, participants will learn how advanced methods in Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) can be used to estimate and draw...

The main theme of the symposium is pushing the DEA research envelope. The following specific themes are preferred: • Network DEA/dynamic DEA • Papers that develop a synergistic application with a non-DEA method (e.g., DEA and goal programming) • Productivity dilemma (i.e., short-term...

The theme of ESPAnet’s 2010 Annual Conference is the social consequences of the global financial crisis and their differential impacts across Europe. The main questions for consideration include: How is the crisis affecting already existing inequalities? How are different social classes and...

The Congress aims to bring together academics, educators, students, researchers, professionals, government officials, and representatives from non-governmental organizations in the field of leisure, recreation, tourism, and sports to discuss the academic, social, industrial, and political issues...