Einführung -- Zunehmender Effizienzdruck im Marketing - Doing more with less -- Konzeptionelle und theoretische Grundlagen der Effizienzanalyse -- Begrifflich-konzeptionelle Grundlagen der Effizienzanalyse -- Allgemeine theoretische Fundierung der Effizienzanalyse -- Konzeptualisierung der...

Economists have long studied the efficiency of firms, industries, and entire economies. This volume brings together leading scholars to make connections between efficiency and a number of diverse areas of current interest to economists, including an examination of the efficiency of tax systems...

Introduction: Theme, Objectives and Structure of the Book -- Methodology: Frontier Efficiency Measurement Techniques -- Literature Review on Efficiency Studies in the Public Sector -- Applications to German Local Governments -- Summary and Conclusions

Competition and Efficiency in the Mexican Banking Industry contributes to the understanding of competition policy in the Mexican banking system and explains how levels of competition relate to the efficiency of banks

This book traces the development and analyses the performance of life insurance industry in India, since inception of this sector, using different business indicators over the years. It discusses the evolution and changing features of the Indian insurance industry in 3 phases: phase I from 1818...

An authentic, unique and memorable destination image is of crucial importance to be competitive in the long-term. Verena Schwaighofer analyses the currently transferred image of the United Arab Emirates as a tourist destination and to what extent the traditional Arabian culture is integrated...

Section I: Methods -- Chapter 1 Evaluation of Performance in Health Care -- Chapter 2 Performance Measurement Using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) -- Chapter 3 Returns To Scale Models -- Chapter 4 Weight Restricted (Multiplier) Models -- Chapter 5 Non-Oriented and Measure Specific Models --...