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The publication analyzes the possibilities of building a model for effective public administration management in the field of cultural heritage protection using McKinsey 7S model. Bulgaria is a country with rich cultural and archaeological heritage since Roman and Byzantine times. Significant...
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Using a large dataset of U.S. firms and covering the period 2004-2017, we investigate Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) influence on a firm's employment decisions. In doing so, panel data regression is employed with the aim of exploring the effects of CSR on abnormal net hiring. Our main...
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Speaking of efficiency as a key concept for any socio-economic activity, the focus is traditionally on economic efficiency, expressed in the "costs-effects (benefits)" correlation. Since every social activity is carried out with even more limited resources, the approach should be as to an...
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In order for the assessment to be reliable, it should be carried out by specialists, using consistent modern standards of methodology. In addition, the information on the assessment results should be available to the main interested parties and should be considered by as wide range of...
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We show that under multitasking - where tasks can be substitutes or complements - a specialist worker with an uneven skill distribution can outperform a generalist with higher average skills. We use a principal-agent model to study worker efficiency and welfare. The main result is robust if a...
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presents findings of recent field research in local government organisations in the Netherlands. The paper also sketches some … recent developments in the management of a number of local government organisations (municipalities and provinces) in the … Netherlands. The paper particularly focuses on the role of the (institutionalised) individualisation in these organisations. It …
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In this paper, we assess the impact of flexible work time schedules on firm efficiency using representative establishment data for Germany. Following the approach by Battese and Coelli (1995), we estimate a stochastic production frontier and the determinants of technical efficiency...
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This paper uses Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model formulations in order to determine the performance levels of 16 departments of the University of Thessaly. Particularly, the constant returns to scale (CRS) and variable returns to scale (VRS) models have been applied alongside with bootstrap...
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This paper seeks to challenge the present rhetoric used by competition policy makers and enforcers when advancing economic efficiency as a goal of competition policy. The fixation on the promotion of economic efficiency and intense or fierce competition comes at the expense of other sensible...
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