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 introduction of efficiency auditing in Australian Commonwealth state audit created a level of stress and threat for … Efficiency Audit Division (1978‐84) which had been established within the Australian Audit Office to develop efficiency auditing … methods and to carry out efficiency audits. It documents for the first time a level of executive intrusion in state audit …

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 …

The aim of this work is to study the degree of efficiency achieved by foreign banks installed in Spain between 2000 … Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI). The results of DEA model indicate an increase in efficiency in the so - called pre - crisis …

.4 Past Efforts to Improve Hospital Efficiency -- Chapter 2 Control in Management Sciences -- 2.1 Origins and Definitions of …For years, problems related to health-care efficiency have been at the top of the priorities of many hospitals systems … pressure for improvement of hospitals' efficiency while maintaining a high quality of services. Hospitals are recognized as …