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As at today, it is an indisputable fact that the climate is changing and there is a scientific consensus that the world is becoming a warmer place principally attributable to human activities. Regrettably, the physical impacts of future climate change on humans and the environment will include...
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Effectiveness involves more than simple efficiency, which is limited to the production process assessment of peer … operational units. Effectiveness incorporates both endogenous and exogenous variables. It is a fundamental driver for the success …, as well as the legal status, we go beyond the traditional effectiveness assessment techniques by developing a modified or …
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A plethora of performance – effectiveness – efficiency measurement methods have been developed and implemented to … financial performance assessment methods to those of efficiency, effectiveness and performance. The main goals set for the … second period are expenses squeeze for public organizations, efficiency and effectiveness attainment, transparency and …
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The objective of this study is to explore if the successful reform process of the Singapore Civil Service (carried out, since 1969, by the People Action Party) with the aim to transform Singapore into a modern industrial economy, can be applied in Italian public administration characterised by...
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Operational effectiveness goes beyond efficiency while it incorporates exogenous variables, non-controllable by the … service units. Effectiveness is a fundamental driver for the success of an operational unit within a competitive environment … high quality criteria. We also aim to develop a roadmap for effectiveness for every operational unit and we consider the …
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Burundi, a small fragile economy, went through sporadic civil war since its independence in 1962 during which rampant insecurity had adverse impact on the country’s social and economic development. While Burundi is agriculturally rich, high rate of growth of rural population places...
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So far no existing study has analyzed what determines people’s trust in the IMF, the World Bank, and the WTO even though – in the absence of democratic accountability – this is one of the few ways to assess the legitimacy of these institutions. This study is intended to fill this gap in...
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domestic technology diffusion. I identify four de facto research centers in China and investigate whether the effect of R …
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This paper analyzes the impact of Research and Development (R&D) on the productivity of China's high technology … differences across three major regions in China, we use a novel semiparametric approach that allows us to model heterogeneities …
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In this study, we explore the pattern of efficiency among enterprises in China’s 29 provinces across different …
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