hospitals into stricter cost‐containment controls. This quest for efficiency is especially pertinent to the most expensive …

. Es erweist sich, dass die Divergenz in den Wachstumsraten der USA und der EU seit 1997 fast zur Gänze auf …

for the changes, including the emulation of the private sector as a model of accountability and efficiency, and increasing …

would yield benefits, via greater efficiency, to the industry, customers and the nation. Examines first the extent to which …. Shows that the financial evidence does not substantiate the Government’s claims. Finds that greater efficiency, meaning … lower costs relative to output, did not occur. Significant increases in efficiency had occurred prior to privatization …

The efficiency audit programme of the Australian Audit Office, which began officially in 1979, was the first … ambitious proposals for reform of the Australian Audit Office that bear marked similarities to those advanced when efficiency …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between competition and efficiency in the Ghanaian … banking industry. Design/methodology/approach – Data on 26 banks from 2004 to 2011 is used to estimate technical and cost-efficiency … convergence theory to examine the existence of efficiency convergence. Findings – The results points to improvements in cost …

organizational efficiency in the working capital management of listed firms. There is a consensus that efficiency of working capital … managerial self-serving behavior and ultimately improving firm’s efficiency. If the foregoing views hold, then the empirical … question “Is corporate governance important for firm-level working capital efficiency?” becomes important. Design …

essence since their efficiency and competitiveness will certainly have an impact on the chain, and hence the national and …, low efficiency and poor competitiveness compared to other ports in the region. This paper identifies some of the problems …