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Performance of the Chinese insurance industry under economic reforms
Yao, Shujie - 2010
ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. China's insurance market - development issues -- ch. 3. Review of efficiency studies in … first English language study in the literature to address the efficiency issue of the Chinese insurance sector, and presents … a comprehensive review on alternative methodologies for analyzing firm efficiency …
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Environmental co-operation and institutional change : theories and policies for European agriculture
Hagedorn, Konrad (ed.) - 2002
Although the history of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is dominated by a process of centralisation, growing pressures to integrate agri-environmental problems into the CAP have revealed the need to embrace decentralised approaches in an efficient federal structure. Indeed, in recent years...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474109
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Transport project evaluation : extending the social cost-benefit approach
Haezendonck, Elvira (contributor) - 2007
This book revisits traditional evaluation methods, such as cost-benefit analysis, to try and find a balance between the ever-increasing demand for transport, the search for sustainable mobility and green transport solutions, and the limited financial resources that governments are able to invest...
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Free to fail : creative destruction revisited
Mandele, Hugh C. van der - 2013
. Public organizations that fail are more often than not protected and allowed to continue even though their efficiency is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420127
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The myth of Japanese efficiency : the world car industry in a globalizing age
Coffey, Dan - 2006
Introducing the myth of Japanese efficiency -- Wide selection : a myth encountered -- Production malapropisms : the BMW … totalizing myth : Japanese efficiency as a cultural fiction …
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Strategic reconfigurations : building dynamic capabilities in rapid innovation-based industries
Wall, Stuart (contributor) - 2010
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Organizational effectiveness
Cameron, Kim S. (contributor) - 2010
Anne S. Tsui (1990), 'A Multiple-Constituency Model of Effectiveness: An Empirical Examination at the Human Resource Subunit Level', Administrative Science Quarterly, 35 (3), September, 458-83 -- Robert E. Quinn and John Rohrbaugh (1983), 'A Spatial Model of Effectiveness Criteria: Towards a...
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The German state banks : global players in the international financial markets
Sinn, Hans-Werner - 1999
The German state banks - or Landesbanks - are not only some of the largest banks in Germany but are also a dominant force in the international banking sector. These state-owned banks enjoy special privileges and government support which have made them major players in the global arena of banking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473811
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Designing international environmental agreements : incentive compatible strategies for cost-effective cooperation
Schmidt, Carsten - 2000
The international character of today's most pressing environmental problems has become a key challenge for environmental policy making. As regulation by a supranational authority is not a realistic option at present, policymakers have to rely on decentralized approaches to the management of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473876
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Catch-up and radical innovation in Chinese state-owned enterprises : exploring large infrastructure projects
Liu, Xielin; Wang, Xiao; Hu, Yimei - 2021
innovation systems in China -- 3. State Grid and user-driven innovation: the case of ultra-high voltage power transmission -- 4 …. TD-SCDMA, LTE-TDD, and China Mobile: catch-up and innovation in the Chinese telecommunications industry -- 5. China … demonstrate the innovation process of SOEs, the unique innovation model of China, as well as its advantages and disadvantages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012487425