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Mixed Public-Private Enterprises in Europe: Economic Theory and an Empirical Analysis of Italian Water Utilities
Marra, Alessandro - European Economic Studies, College of Europe - 2006
analysis is that ownership allows the (public) owner to gather more information about the actual management of the firm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010741239
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Regional Wage and Employment Responses to Market Potential in the EU
Head, Keith; Mayer, Thierry - European Economic Studies, College of Europe - 2005
Recent theoretical work on economic geography emphasizes the interplay of transport costs and plant-level increasing returns. In these models, the spatial distribution of demand is a key determinant of economic outcomes. In one strand, it is argued that higher demand gives rise to a more than...
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Does local public ownership matter for the efficiency of water utilities? Evidence from Italy
Duygun, Meryem; Pazzi, Silvia; Tortosa-Ausina, Emili; … - Departament d'Economia, Universitat Jaume I - 2014
This study explores the impact of ownership types on efficiency of Italian water utilities. Theories and evidence have … shown a puzzling relationship between ownership and performance. Moreover, a recent study argues that this relationship can … to the debate about the impact of ownership structure on efficiency by including the effect of size and geographical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944755
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Measuring and comparing the efficiency of water utility companies: A data envelopment analysis approach
Romano, Giulia; Guerrini, Andrea - In: Utilities Policy 19 (2011) 3, pp. 202-209
This study provides an analysis of Italian water utilities to determine the effects on their efficiency of certain relevant variables that have been broadly discussed in the existing literature. We reviewed the annual financial statements of 43 Italian water utility companies and obtained other...
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The effects of ownership, board size and board composition on the performance of Italian water utilities
Romano, Giulia; Guerrini, Andrea - In: Utilities Policy 31 (2014) C, pp. 18-28
This article analyses the effects of ownership, board size and composition on the performance of 72 Italian water … utilities. Information about the utilities' 335 directors was collected. Our main findings indicate that private or mixed-ownership …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011116336
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УПРАВЛЕНИЕ ФИНАНСОВОЙ БЕЗОПАСНОСТЬЮ КОММЕРЧЕСКОГО БАНКА НА ОСНОВЕ ПОТОКОВЫХ СЦЕНАРНЫХ МОДЕЛЕЙ
ПЕТРОВНА, ГОЛОФАЕВА ИРИНА; … - In: Бизнес Информ (2014) 3, pp. 237-247
В работе рассмотрены сущность финансовой безопасности коммерческого банка (ФБКБ) и определены ее основные задачи и факторы формирования, проанализированы...
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The Essence and Main Directions of Human Resource Management in the Russian Organizations
Trutt, Anna - In: The Russian Academic Journal 28 (2014) 2
In modern conditions the effective use of all the resources, possessed by the organization, appears particularly significant. Themore effective usage of the organization employees’ potential becomes the main direction of raising competitiveness in the market.Therefore, the contemporary concept...
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THE MANAGEMENT PROCESSES AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE A new approach into public management from the perspective of local governments
del Castillo, Carlos; Vargas, Braulio - In: Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science 14 (2009) 26, pp. 57-80
The measurement of organizational performance, in particular the search for a model that brings the management process together with the expected results through strategies, has been one of the most important issues in the Administration in recent decades. Recently, efforts have been made to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319491
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BRIEF ANALYSIS OF SOME SOURCES OF MANAGERIAL INNOVATION
Ciumara, Tudor - In: Studii Financiare (Financial Studies) 15 (2011) 3, pp. 156-164
This paper is supported by the Sectorial Operational Programme Human Resources Development (SOP HRD), financed from the European Social Fund and by the Romanian Government under the contract number SOP HRD/89/1.5/S/62988. This paper presents results of a research that started with the question...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399858
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Proposal of Indicators to Assess Urban Sustainability in Brazil
Fehr, M.; Sousa, K.A.; Pereira, A.F.N.; Pelizer, L.C. - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 6 (2004) 3, pp. 355-366
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