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Benchmarking the efficiencies of Indonesia’s municipal water utilities using Stackelberg data envelopment analysis
Wibowo, Andreas; Alfen, Hans Wilhelm - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 22 (2015) 4, pp. 588-609
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a yardstick efficiency comparison of 269 Indonesian municipal water … utilities (MWUs) and measures the impact of exogenous environmental variables on efficiency scores. Design … second-stage efficiencies. When profitability instead leads serviceability, this results in more decreased efficiency. The …
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Benchmarking the performance indicators of Indian Railway container business using data envelopment analysis
Bhanot, Neeraj; Singh, Harwinder - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 21 (2014) 1, pp. 101-120
organizations from 2005-2006 till 2010-2011. Findings – The exercise identified efficiency trends fluctuating between 87.5 and 100 ….31-77.59 percent efficiency fluctuation concurrent to licensing policy norms. Research limitations/implications – The reliability of …
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A composite model for employees' performance appraisal and improvement
Manoharan, T.R.; Muralidharan, C.; Deshmukh, S.G. - In: European Journal of Training and Development 36 (2012) 4, pp. 448-480
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop an innovative method of performance appraisal that will be useful for designing a structured training programme. Design/methodology/approach – Employees' performance appraisals are conducted using new approaches, namely data envelopment...
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Knowledge‐induced technological change
Alam Choudhury, Masudul; Azid, Toseef; Klasra, Mushtaq Ahmad - In: International Journal of Social Economics 33 (2006) 11, pp. 744-765
Purpose – To apply the Tawhidi epistemology in the automobile industry as the paradigm of the Islamic socio‐scientific order in terms of its inherent knowledge‐centered worldview. Design/methodology/approach – The concepts of unity and unification of knowledge in a system‐wide sense...
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Effective supervision of Islamic insurance according to Malaysian experience (1984-2012)
Berkem, Zoheir - In: International Journal of Social Economics 41 (2014) 12, pp. 1220-1242
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to know the method adopted by the Malaysian supervisor to regulate the Takaful sector, and to propose a new approach related to the effective supervision. Design/methodology/approach – The key approach in this paper is a case study over a clear period...
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Evaluating a credit guarantee agency in a developing economy: a non‐parametric approach
Ong, Hway‐Boon; Shah Habibullah, Muzafar; Radam, Alias; … - In: International Journal of Social Economics 30 (2003) 1/2, pp. 143-152
) due to the high credit risk involved. Therefore, Credit Guarantee Corporation (Malaysia) Limited (CGC) was set up to … assist SMEs to secure loans from financial institutions in Malaysia. Being the sole issuer of credit guarantees to SMEs, the … credit guarantees, this study evaluates the efficiency of credit guarantee schemes provided by CGC. From a non …
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Differences in accounting treatment of Ijarah: a case study of UAE Islamic banks
Gupta, Namrata - In: International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern … 8 (2015) 3, pp. 369-379
Purpose – This paper aims to discuss the accounting treatment of one of the most popular instruments of financing in Islamic banks, which is Islamic leasing or Ijarah. This research undertakes an empirical investigation of the accounting practices of Ijarah followed by UAE’s Islamic banks....
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From legalism to value-oriented Islamic finance practices
Bin Hasan, Zulkifli - In: Humanomics 32 (2016) 4, pp. 437-458
’ah governance practices of Islamic financial institutions (IFIs) through case studies. The study shares experience of Malaysia in …
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Islamic structured trade finance: a case of cotton production in West Africa
Suayb Gundogdu, Ahmet - In: International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern … 3 (2010) 1, pp. 20-35
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show a creative way to fulfill financing needs of entities involved in pre‐ and post‐harvest production activities in extreme cases while mitigating inherent risks by Islamic structured trade finance from the real‐life case of cotton production...
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Reinventing comparative public administration
Henderson, Keith M. - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 8 (1995) 4, pp. 17-25
The study of administration in other countries is often labelled comparative public administration and, since the Second World War, has developed a vast literature covering many world areas and utilizing various methods. Along with its more practical, more prescriptive counterpart, development...
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