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Efficiency of the Portuguese metros. is it different from other European metros?

Santos, Joana; Simões, Pedro; Costa, Álvaro; Cunha … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This research analyses the performance of Portuguese metros in the European context. By means of two non-parametric benchmarking techniques, respectively performance indicators and data envelopment analysis, we compute the efficiency of 37 European metros. In order to provide statistical...

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How far are Portuguese prisons inefficient? A non-parametric approach

Marques, Rui; Simões, Pedro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

In Portugal, as worldwide, especially in the past decades, crime has become an issue of increasing interest both for …

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Performance and Congestion Analysis of the Portuguese Hospital Services

Simões, Pedro; Cunha Marques, Rui - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

The health care services have been characterised by a growing demand by the citizens leading to the need of more and more resources. Population aging, new pathologies and drugs as well as new treatments are some of the major factors for this. However, in hospitals, for example, consumption of a...

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Not Rocket Science: A Roadmap for Arts and Cultural R&D

Bakhshi, Hasan; Freeman, Alan; Desai, Radhika - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Research and Experimental Development (R&D), particularly that which aims at innovation, that is, new social application. Not … confined to novel products or processes, arts and cultural innovation will yield altogether new ways in which arts and culture … are embedded in the knowledge society and economy. So, for example, experimental development will trial new ways of …

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London’s Creative Sector: 2004 Update

Freeman, Alan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

This is a pre-publication version of London’s Creative Sector: 2004 Update, which was published by the Greater London Authority (GLA) in 2002 and can be found, at the time of this report, at http://london.gov.uk/mayor/economic_unit/docs/creative_sector2004.pdf. It should be cited as Freeman,...

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Creativity: London's Core Business

Freeman, Alan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002

This is a pre-publication version of Creativity: London’s Core Business which was published by the Greater London Authority (GLA) in 2002 and can be found at http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/economic_unit/docs/create_inds_rep02.pdf. This version omits the technical appendix and foreword in the...

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London's cultural and creative industries – 2010 update

Freeman, Alan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This is a pre-publication version of the working paper of the same name, published by the Greater London Authority and available at http://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/business-economy/publications/working-paper-40-londons-creative-workforce-2010-update. It should be cited as “Freeman, A....

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Culture, Creativity and Innovation in the Internet Age

Freeman, Alan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

analyses the distinct economic roles of culture, creation, and innovation in the Creative Industries by assessing the fitness … creative labour and innovation. Lax usage has made the term ‘Creative Industries’ a synonym for three distinct things … impact – in particular, their relation to innovation and Intellectual Property – it is necessary to distinguish them. I begin …

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Measuring intrinsic value – how to stop worrying and love economics

Bakhshi, Hasan; Freeman, Alan; Hitchen, Graham - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This paper seeks to transcend entrenched misunderstandings between economists and arts policymakers, leaders and funders. These misunderstandings, which have long dogged discussion on arts funding in the UK, are most evident in the long-running debate about ‘instrumental’ and ‘intrinsic’...

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Benchmarking and understanding London’s Cultural and Creative Industries

Freeman, Alan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This paper describes the Greater London Authority’s evidence base for its work on the creative and cultural industries. Its main purpose is to show that th9is evidence base is viable, robust, and useful. The second and most important purpose is to encourage others in city management to invest...

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