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American Robot and Robotic Workspace Technologies sign merger agreement
In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 25 (1998) 3
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Marketing High‐technology Medical Equipment to Hospitals
Polley, Paulette J.; Shanklin, William L. - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 8 (1993) 4, pp. 32-42
hospitals into stricter cost‐containment controls. This quest for efficiency is especially pertinent to the most expensive …
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Conflict of Multiple Interests in Cost‐Benefit Analysis
Mustafa, Husain - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 7 (1994) 3, pp. 16-26
Most analytical techniques assign no weight to political factors even though they may have the strongest explanatory power of all variables considered. As they are generally practised, these techniques have the extraordinary deficiency of obscuring the problem of conflict of multiple interests....
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New Developments in Performance Measures of Public Programmes
Faucett, Allen; Kleiner, Brian H. - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 7 (1994) 3, pp. 63-70
Headlines on all levels of government speak of the pending crisis in public sector services: expect to pay more for less. Budget deficit, once only a concern of the federal level, is a worry in state capitals and municipalities. Additionally, an ever‐looming question at this time of economic...
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The impact of the failure of Continental Illinois and the too‐big‐to‐fail doctrine on changes in operating efficiency
Black, Harold A.; Cary Collins, M.; Robinson, Breck L. - In: Managerial Finance 26 (2000) 2, pp. 42-56
Bank, reviews relevant research and explores the impact on the efficiency of the banking system. Uses 1983‐1985 call report …
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The early attraction of S&P index funds: is perfect tracking performance an illusion?
Cresson, John E.; Mike Cudd, R.; Lipscomb, Tom J. - In: Managerial Finance 28 (2002) 7, pp. 1-8
Notes the popularity of index funds with US investors, refers to research on fund performance compared with indexes and presents a study comparing daily returns of S&P 500 index funds with the index itself. Explains the methodology and presents the results, which show that the funds “fall well...
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Evaluating the productive efficiency and performance of US commercial banks
Barr, Richard S.; Killgo, Kory A.; Siems, Thomas F.; … - In: Managerial Finance 28 (2002) 8, pp. 3-25
Reviews previous research on the efficiency and performance of financial institutions and uses Siems and Barr’s (1998 …) data envelopment analysis (DEA) model to evaluate the relative productive efficiency of US commercial banks 1984 …‐1998. Explains the methodology, discusses the input and output measures used and relates bank performance measures to efficiency …
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Financial buyers in Takeovers: focus on cost efficiency
Frydman, Halina; Frydman, Roman; Trimbath, Susanne - In: Managerial Finance 28 (2002) 12, pp. 1-13
application of the methodology developed in Trimbath, Frydman and Frydman (2001). In order to illustrate efficiency enhancements … that their aggressive programs of cost management substantially improved the efficiency of General Instrument. Moreover, it …
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DEPICTING THE ORGANISATIONAL STRATEGY OF AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FROM AN OVERALL PERSPECTIVE
Kroll, Mark - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 9 (1988) 1, pp. 8-12
Over the past few years public interest in value for money from educational institutions has obliged administrative and teaching staff in such organisations to plan, organise and control more effectively, and in some cases to upgrade quality. Improved performance in an educational establishment,...
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How responsible are “responsible” drinking campaigns for preventing alcohol abuse?
Wolburg, Joyce M. - In: Journal of Consumer Marketing 22 (2005) 4, pp. 176-177
of “responsible” messages are drawn from websites of three major beer companies. Findings – Problems with “responsible … beer companies, but serious doubts exist regarding their ability to prevent alcohol abuse. Originality/value – Questioning …
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