Günümüz dünyasındaki hızlı gelişmeler neticesinde yükseköğretim kurumlarından beklentiler çoğalmıştır. Yükseköğretim hizmetlerinin kalitesinin arttırılması ve bu kurumlarda kaliteyi hedef alan bir yönetim sisteminin oluşturulması zorunlu hale gelmiştir. Qafqaz...

The sharing economy gains momentum and develops a major economic impact on traditional markets and firms. However, only rudimentary theoretical and empirical insights exist on how sharing networks, i.e., focal firms, shared goods providers and customers, create and capture value in their...

We explore a key tension between certification and entrepreneurial entry. On the one hand, more stringent certifications may provide greater legitimacy. On the other hand, market entry may be facilitated by easing such standards. To reconcile this tension, we examine discontinued certifications....

In this paper, we analyze the business models of Germany's biggest lending platforms smava, auxmoney, and Lendico to identify a standard business model as a dominant design in this industry. We use a mixed method approach in which a case study at firm level is conducted to analyze and contrast...

We propose a model in which economic relations and institutions in advanced and less developed economies differ as these societies have access to different amounts of information. This lack of information makes it hard to give the right incentives to managers and entrepreneurs. We argue that...

We study the effect of standardized external tests on students’ academic outcomes. We exploit the fact that only one of the 17 Spanish regions started doing and publishing the results of standardized tests in 2005 and apply a difference-in-difference methodology using outcomes of the PISA...

Ever since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the implosion of the Soviet Union, centrally planned economies in Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia have been struggling to convert their economic systems from central planning to the market. One facet of this transition is accounting...

This paper implements the answer-copying detection methodology for multiple-choice tests developed in Sotaridona, van der Linden and Meijer [2006], based on Cohen's Kappa index. We present results of this methodology applied to the standardized test for college admissions in Colombia that took...

Investments in public health workforce development are based on the assumption that capacity and competencies are linked with the effectiveness and efficiency of providing essential public health services. However, evidence of the effects of workforce quantity or quality on the performance of...