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Knowledge, diversity and performance in European higher education : a changing landscape
Bonaccorsi, Andrea (ed.) - 2014
in science / Tasso Brandt and Torben Schubert -- 9. How and why does cost efficiency of universities differ across …. Scale and research specialization in European universities : a directional distance approach to teaching efficiency / Andrea …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850643
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Failing to compete : technology development and technology systems in Africa
Lall, Sanjaya - 2002
performance of Sub-Saharan Africa -- 3. Kenya -- 4. Tanzania -- 5. Uganda -- 6. Ghana -- 7. Zimbabwe. … Zimbabwe in the context of their export competitiveness. Its emphasis is on the role of technology systems in building …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420099
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Towards sustainable development in industry? : reports from seven developing and transition economies
Hesp, Paul (contributor); Luken, Ralph Andrew (contributor) - 2003
Czech Republic, Pakistan, Tunisia, Turkey and Zimbabwe - countries which all have designated national sustainable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850997
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420032
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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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Competition, diversity and economic performance : processes, complexities and ecological similarities
Tisdell, Clement A. - 2013
The role of competition and diversity in economic performance : an overview -- Concepts of economic competition and performance in context -- Diversity of consumers, product innovation and economic performance -- Schumpeter and the dynamics of capitalism : the driving force of business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012260682
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New directions in productivity measurement and efficiency analysis : counting the environment and natural resources
Ancev, Tihomir (ed.); Azad, M. A. Samad (ed.);  … - 2017
productivity and efficiency: a review of concepts, methods and empirical work / Tiho Ancev, M. A. Samad Azad and Mahmuda Akter -- 3 …. Modeling pollution abatement technologies as a network / Rolf G. Färe, Shawna Grosskopf, Carl A. Pasurka, Jr. -- 4. Efficiency …. Environmentally adjusted efficiency of municipal water suppliers / Fransec Hernández-Sancho and Águeda Bellver-Domingo -- 10. Valuing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012251804
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Cost-benefit analysis and distributional preferences : a choice modelling approach
Scarborough, Helen; Bennett, Jeff - 2012
Advancing the incorporation of equity preferences in policy analysis, this book demonstrates the application of choice modelling to the estimation of distributional weights suitable for inclusion in a cost–benefit analytical framework. A platform for discussion of the challenges and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850908
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Aid, institutions and development : new approaches to growth, governance and poverty
Chakravarti, Ashok - 2005
In spite of massive flows over the past 50 years, aid has failed to have any significant impact on development. Marginalization from the world economy and increases in absolute poverty are causing countries to degenerate into failed, oppressive and, in some cases, dangerous states. To address...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851649
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851708