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Using the value at risk method in estimation of investment risk in the metallurgical sector companies

Miłoś, Ewa - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 7 (2011) 1, pp. 37-48

The aim of this paper is to analyze the merits of using the Value At Risk method in estimating the risk associated with investments in metallurgical sector companies. The paper presents how to construct the model, various methods of its estimation and their advantages and disadvantages. In the...

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Knowledge mangement in the LGU's

Skiza, Tomasz - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 8 (2012) 1, pp. 117-124

The article is regarding the issue of the knowledge management at local government. It's contents are focusing on the … diagnosis in theoretical as well as practical perspective possibilities of managing decks of the knowledge in local government … identification and the knowledge management in the private sector to the level of activities of the local government. This article …

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Diagnosis converning the financial knowledge of Local Government Units (LGUs)

Skica, Tomasz; Wolowiec, Tomasz - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 8 (2012) 2, pp. 69-75

modern financial knowledge in its activity in order to stimulate active construction of an economic and social potential. It … needs to stimulate processes of building in local government structures a financial knowledge based on a modernunderstanding … government subsector of public finance to have thorough financial knowledge current and interdisciplinary knowledge that would …

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What happens after enrollment? : an analysis of the time path of racial differences in GPA and major choice

Arcidiacono, Peter; Aucejo, Esteban M.; Spenner, Ken - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 1 (2012), pp. 1-24

At the private university we analyze, the gap between white and black grade point averages falls by half between the students’ freshmen and senior year. This outcome could suggest that affirmative action policies are playing a key role to reduce racial differences. However, this convergence...

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Employment status and job-studies relevance of social science graduates : the experience from a Greek public university

Kalamatianou, Aglaia G.; Kougioumoutzaki, Foteini - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 5 (2012) 1, pp. 51-75

Research on social science graduates’ employment prospects reaches contradictor conclusions intensifying the scepticism on the value of these disciplines in the labour market. The paper examines two important labour market outcomes of these graduates, employment status and job-studies...

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Managing operating efficiencies of publicly owned universities : American university stochastic frontier estimates using panel data

Sav, G. Thomas - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 1, pp. 1-23

This paper investigates the extent of operating cost inefficiencies in the public provision of American higher education. The analysis employs panel data on American research and doctoral granting universities spanning four academic years, 2005-06 through 2008-09. Translog cost frontiers are...

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Productivity, efficiency, and managerial performance regress and gains in United States universities : a data envelopment analysis

Sav, G. Thomas - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 3, pp. 13-32

This paper uses data envelopment analys is to investigate the extent to which universities in the United States have undergone productivity and efficiency changes, partly due to managerial performance, during the 2005-09 academic years. Using panel data for 133 research a nd doctoral...

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The board structure and performance of private universities

Chiang, Hsiang-tsai; Lin, Mei-chih - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 4, pp. 185-208

This study applies the structure and operations of private universities' board to analyze the establishment of the structure and operating mechanism for the private universities boards as well as the relevance with school performance. The analysis of board forms shows that the numbers of...

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Positive and negative impact of increased tertiary attainment

Busikova, Alena - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 6 (2013) 1, pp. 41-57

The theory of human capital clearly states that the investments into the education bring many benefits and are worth the cost. The OECD Education at a Glance analysis provides support for both public and private investing in tertiary education as the net present value is positive for all...

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Rankings, accreditations, and international exchange students

Marconi, Gabriele - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 2 (2013), pp. 1-22

Do international university rankings or professional accreditations affect the preferences of exchange students over different institutions? This paper investigates the question by analysing the determinants of Maastricht University School of Business and Economics (SBE) students’ choices of...

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