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Methodological Challenges Posed by Measures of Performance

Starbuck, William - In: Journal of Management and Governance 8 (2004) 4, pp. 337-343

Performance measures are everywhere, but they are filled with errors, and these errors are likely to cause faulty inferences. We should distrust performance measures, but we cannot ignore them because they are powerful motivators that can produce dramatic improvements in human and organizational...

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Rethinking the measurement of undernutrition in a broader health context: Should we look at possible causes or actual effects:

Stein, Alexander J. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

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A Conceptual Framework for Formalization of National Innovation Systems

Wojciech, Nasierowski - In: Foundations of Management 1 (2009) 2, pp. 159-166

. It is observed that there are problems with formalization (measurement) of NIS and consequently, deficiency in assessment …

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Measurement of Disconfirmation in Online Purchasing Behavior

Lin, Chinho; Wei, Yu-Huei - ToKnowPress

Purpose: Service quality measurement in e-shopping service is an area of growing interest to researchers and managers …

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Efficiency or effectiveness? The Hungarian practice of using the EU funds

Nagy, Sándor Gyula - In: Society and Economy 30 (2008) December, pp. 259-274

Efficiency or effectiveness? It not just the matter of definition. Experts and researchers have to make a difference between the qualitative and quantitative approach. The efficiency of EU subsidies means the ratio of the committed and disposable amount of EU subsidies can be measured, which was...

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Sustainability and well-being indicators

Neumayer, Eric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

This paper provides a review and critical discussion of indicators, which attempt to combine the measurement of … (GS) have merely focused on the capacity to provide utility in the future, but have not included the measurement of … failed to account for sustainability in their measurement of current well-being. The paper then critically reviews the Index …

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A digital filter for speed noise reduction in drives using an electromagnetic resolver

Bellini, Armando; Bifaretti, Stefano - In: Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM) 71 (2006) 4, pp. 476-486

The measurement of the rotation speed is an important issue in closed-loop industrial drives. The motor speed is often …

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Development of Concepts and Models of Performance Evaluation from the 19th Century

Hornungova, Jana - In: DANUBE: Law and Economics Review (2014) 2, pp. 143-154

The main aim of this paper is to provide a framework of concepts and models from the area of performance measurement …

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Designing Scalar Questions for Web Surveys

Christian, Leah Melani; Parsons, Nicholas L.; Dillman, … - In: Sociological Methods & Research 37 (2009) 3, pp. 393-425

responses. Overall, our results suggest that the visual design of response scales impacts measurement, but that some …

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Reliability of Self-reports of Financial Data in Surveys

Alwin, Duane F.; Zeiser, Kristina; Gensimore, Don - In: Sociological Methods & Research 43 (2014) 1, pp. 98-136

This article reports an investigation of errors of measurement in self-reports of financial data in the Health and …

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