The article deals with efficiency networks, representing organizational structures created to solve problems in spheres … of local government. It starts with the introduction to the efficiency networks concept as an instrument in overcoming … Norwegian model of efficiency networks provides an example of effective cooperation between local authorities and scholars …

organizational performance efficiency is paramount. It is an especially pressing need for CHCs' because they carry a disproportionate … study is to benchmark CHC performance in terms of technical and cost efficiency, and examine factors that affect its … in CHCs' technical and cost efficiency yielded inconsistent results. A declining trend in technical efficiency scores …

modern societies. However, hardly any studies perform cross-country efficiency comparison of service sectors at aggregated … level. The paper aims at measuring and comparing technical efficiency of (total and market) services across 16 developed … analysis, are provided for efficiency scores and for their evolution across time. …

This paper appraises quantitatively the efficiency of public expenditure of 15 Latin American countries using cross … public spending in education per student. As a study case, Colombia's efficiency scores are compared with the most efficient …

sector’s efficiency. This paper develops a conceptual framework for analysing the social efficiency of the road transport … framework is then used to analyse efficiency in 32 OECD countries. Data issues in terms of availability, quality and … evidence that social efficiency is low in a number of OECD countries. The low efficiency suggests that substantial room for …

efficiency and compares the efficiency scores to traditional financial benchmarking. Findings support the minimization of … increase dealer efficiency and generating a complementary approach to traditional financial ratio benchmarking in determining … efficiency analysis of sales staff allocation. Using a series of basic and extended data envelopment analysis (DEA) models on …

Benchmarking by means of applying the DEA model is appearing as an interesting alternative for regulators under the new …