Not only that consumers take it often for granted that product prices are good indicators of product quality, but also many experts in consumer economics expect a high positive pricequality relationship. However, for more than 50 years numerous studies in more than 10 countries all over the...

To showcase their increasing focus on financial stability, many central banks and other institutions have started publishing regular reports on financial stability. The paper presents a survey of the available financial stability reports, and proposes a framework for assessing such documents. It...

The performance of a transport service is measured by its quality attribute, which is the most synthetic and comprehensive indicator. However, it is difficult to identify this service quality attribute because it involves the various customer perceptions and it may be influenced by the...

В статье рассмотрены вопросы количественной и качественной оценки показателей инновационной деятельности экономических субъектов, применяемые в российской...

Preliminary results and findings in quality measurement and reporting in long-term care in Germany are predominantly results of political processes and reform measures and not directly of research findings of independent funding and research efforts. Systemic limits determine the course of these...

Статья посвящена проблеме повышения качества услуг в библиотеках вуза. Для решения задачи используется комплекс экономико-математических моделей при...

The paper proposes a methodology to measure the characteristics of intermediate products when quality is multidimensional. It uses a general representation of the multioutput technology via directional distance functions and constructs quality indicators based on differences. The quality...

The objective of this paper is to identify the indicators of a quality management model for integrated healthcare settings in Poland. In order to elicit the items and clusters of quality management, a three-step methodology has been applied: a literature review, a Delphi study, and concept...

The quality assurance issue represents at this moment a constantly concerning in order to make more efficient the educational services at all training levels (Universities from Romania). The Romanian universities develop now a large reforming program where the quality issues have a central...