-profit hospitals in Germany. First, bootstrapped data envelopment analysis (DEA) was used to evaluate the efficiency of a panel (n = 1 … significant positive association between hospital size and efficiency, and that competitive pressure had a significant negative … impact on hospital efficiency. …

We investigated the effects of privatization on hospital efficiency in Germany. To do so, we obtained bootstrapped DEA …-profit status may be an effective way to ensure the scarce resources in the hospital sector are used more efficiently. …

This paper develops and implements a new benchmarking approach for labor market regions. Based on panel data for … regions, we use nonparametric matching techniques to account for observed labor market characteristics and for spatial … proximity. As the benchmark, we estimate the counterfactual distribution of labor market outcomes for a region based on outcomes …

study of Japan's silver market. It starts from the perspective that the source of competitive advantage under fundamental … cognitive conditions. The authors argue that the promise of the eventual size of the silver market is insufficient as an … explanation for market creation because of the uncertainties involved. Moreover, cultural traditions are much more varied than …