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Benchmarking IT service regions / Victoria G. Madisa
Madisa, Victoria Garebangwe - 2008
practices that lead to best performance. A customer quality defined standard has to be created by benchmarking the Information … (DEA) methodology is used as a benchmarking tool to locate a frontier which is then used to evaluate the efficiency of each …
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A Method for Stakeholder-Based Comparative Benchmarking of Airports
Schaar, Claes Johan David - 2010
measuredairport efficiency and recreated it by applying the new benchmarking methodologyin two new component benchmarks:• A benchmark … all oftheir stakeholders. Comparative benchmarking is used for evaluating the relativeperformance of airports.An analysis …. Furthermore, benchmarks of airport performance use data ofmultiple dimensions, and such benchmarking without knowledge of utility …
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Estimating Vessel Efficiency Using a Bootstrapped Data Envelopment Analysis Model
Walden, John B. - 2006
Technical efficiency, which measures how well a firm transforms inputs into outputs, gives fishery managers important information concerning the economic status of the fishing fleet and how regulations may be impacting vessel profitability. Data envelopment analysis (DEA), and the stochastic...
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Estimating Technical Efficiency of Academic Departments of a Philippine Higher Education Institution
Gono, Jr. - 2018
The main thrust of this research is to measure the relative technical efficiency of the six (6) colleges of San Pedro College from school year 2004-2014. The technical efficiency of the academic units can be derived based on its ability to produce the optimum number of output (number of research...
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Multi-Period Emissions Trading in the Electricity Sector - Winners and Losers
Bode, Sven - 2004
Emission trading has become recently more and more import in environmental regulation. In the context of controlling greenhouse gas emissions, the directive on a Europewide trading scheme for large immobile sources may be perceived as one of the most important milestones in recent years. Prior...
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Evaluation of Energy Economics of Solar Resorts on the Red Sea in Egypt
Modet Georgei - 2011
This thesis investigates the energy performance of resorts in Egypt. The expansive tourism development results in higher demands of energy whilst increasing the burden on the country’s economy. The objective is to evaluate solar resorts versus the conventional design in terms of energy,...
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Impact of genetic testing on life insurance
Heaney, R.A; Pitt, David - 2003
The Human Genome project generates immense interest in the scientific community though there are also important issues for the business community, particularly insurance companies. The dramatic advances in our understanding of the human genetic code, or human genome, affect our understanding of...
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An analytical research into the price risk management of the soft commodities futures markets
Rossouw, Werner - 2007
Agriculture is of inestimable value to South Africa because it is a major source of job creation and plays a key role in earning foreign exchange. The most significant contribution of agriculture, and in particular maize, is its ability to provide food for the nation. For a number of decades...
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Quest for survival: What comprises and effective team
Brayer, Kathleen - 1999
difficulty implementing teams to driveperformance. In theory building effective teams seems easy but in reality putting …
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Algorithmic Trading : Analyse von computergesteuerten Prozessen im Wertpapierhandel unter Verwendung der Multifaktorenregression
Gomolka, Johannes - 2011
Die Elektronisierung der Finanzmärkte ist in den letzten Jahren weit vorangeschritten. Praktisch jede Börse verfügt über ein elektronisches Handelssystem. In diesem Kontext beschreibt der Begriff Algorithmic Trading ein Phänomen, bei dem Computerprogramme den Menschen im Wertpapierhandel...
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