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Hall, Matthew - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

In this paper I provide a preliminary sketch of the types of logics of evaluation in the third sector. I begin by … tracing the ideals that are evident in three well-articulated yet quite different third sector evaluation practices: the … tentatively outline three logics of evaluation: a scientific evaluation logic (systematic observation, observable and measurable …

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Too big to fail and too big to succeed: accounting and privatisation in the Prison Service of England and Wales

Mennicken, Andrea - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

-oriented accounting entity. It examines the implication of private sector accounting and consulting expertise in redefining prison values …

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Performance of personal pension schemes in the UK

Gregory, Alan; Tonks, Ian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

This paper examines the performance of personal pensions (exempt unit trusts) in the UK 1980-2000. Unitised personal pension schemes are a type of mutual fund that is constituted as a contractual savings scheme, whose value can only be accessed at retirement. By studying the performance of these...

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Matchmaking: the influence of monitoring environments on the effectiveness of performance pay systems

Belfield, Richard; Marsden, David - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

This study uses cross-section and panel data from the 1998 Workplace Employee Relations Survey to explore contextual influences on the relationship between performance-related pay (PRP) and organizational performance. While it finds strong evidence that the use of PRP can enhance performance...

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Does performance pay de-motivate, and does it matter?

French, Stephen; Kubo, Katsuyuki; Marsden, David - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2001

The sheer scale and speed of the shift of payment system from time-based salaries to performancerelated pay, PRP, in the British public services provides a unique opportunity to test the effects of incentive pay schemes. This study is based on the first large scale survey designed to measure the...

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Performance persistence of pension fund managers

Tonks, Ian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

This paper examines persistence over time in the performance of fund managers responsible for making the investment decisions of UK pension funds. Previous work on UK pension funds found little evidence of fund manager persistence, but we argue that this may have been due to survivorship bias in...

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Do comprehensive performance measurement systems help or hinder managers' mental model development?

Hall, Matthew - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

This study examines whether and how the process of updating and changing mental models (learning) helps to explain how performance measurement systems (PMS) affect individual performance. Although prior studies (e.g., Hall, 2008; Burney and Widener, 2007; Burney et al., 2009) highlight the important...

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UK pension fund management after Myners: the hunt for correlation begins

Blake, David - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

The Myners Report will have a number of significant consequences for pension fund management and performance measurement in the UK. It changes the way in which assets are selected. The strategic asset allocation will have overriding importance in pension fund management. Asset classes will be...

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Using play to help families learn: evaluation of Trafford Hall’s Playing 2 Learn programme 2008-11

Lane, Laura; Richardson, Liz - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

The report describes the results of a three-year evaluation by LSE Housing and Communities of a family learning … families attending. The weekends used creative, low cost play activities to promote play-based learning. The evaluation used … activities and continuing to use them up to two years after attending the weekends. To the extent that the evaluation was able to …

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Evaluating spatial policies

Gibbons, Steve; Overman, Henry G.; Nathan, Max - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

informing the development of these policies. It is particularly concerned with issues arising in the quantitative evaluation of … the impact of policy, the major barriers to more effective evaluation and how these might be addressed in future. …

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