Current estimates of global poverty vary substantially across studies. In this paper we undertake a novel sensitivity analysis to highlight the importance of methodological choices in estimating global poverty. We measure global poverty using different data sources, parametric and nonparametric...

Management control in training institutions is still a missing topic in theoretical and empirical management control research. Therefore the following article presents a framework of management control in training institutions based on the main terms discussed in this context. To illustrate and...

Der Beitrag behandelt die erst kürzlich in der Zeitschrift Die Betriebswirtschaft durch Haller (2004) aufgeworfene Frage, ob und inwiefern ein funktionierendes Qualitätsmanagement Einfluss auf die Wirtschaftlichkeit von deutschen Unternehmen nimmt. Konkret wird im Rahmen einer empirischen...

Eckart Bomsdorf und Jörg Winkelhausen, Universität zu Köln, verwenden in ihrer Studie die Ergebnisse des Zensus 2011 als Basis der Vorausberechnung der Bevölkerung in Deutschland bis 2060. Ihre Berechnungen zeigen, dass der zukünftige Bevölkerungsrückgang in Deutschland kaum abwendbar...

Aggregate data are commonly used to determine returns to storage. However, recent studies have shown that aggregating data may lead to underestimated returns. This article compares aggregate and elevator data from Oklahoma to determine if aggregate data underestimate returns. We find no...

In this article, as part of the symposium on total factor productivity, Erwin Diewert of the University of British Columbia provides a comprehensive discussion of what is needed to develop reliable measures of total factor productivity in terms of output and the different classes of inputs. He...

Current, manual, materials management and control procedures are unsatisfactory: they are labour intensive, inaccurate and error prone. The result is waste and surplus of materials, delays, decrease in productivity and lack of up-to-date, real-time information regarding the status of purchase...

This paper investigates a range of aspects including socio economic status,morality, morbidity requiring inpatient as well as outpatient care, health care-seeking behavior etc.