The education sector in Italy is mainly public and highly centralized concerning both financial and regulatory aspects. However, there are significant disparities in school spending and students’ performance across regions. This heterogeneity is also relevant in relation to the ongoing fiscal...

The effects of single-sex education are hotly contested, both in academic and policy circles. Despite this heated debate, there exists little credible empirical evidence of the effect of a U.S. public school's decision to offer single-sex classrooms on the educational outcomes of students. This...

In this paper a basic resource allocation problem with uncertain costs is discussed. The problem consists in choosing exactly p items out of n available to minimize the total cost. The uncertain item costs are specified as a discrete scenario set and the minmax criterion is used to choose a...

This study tests the Balassa-Samuelson (BS) hypothesis, which explains the real exchange rate with relative productivity differences, for ten OECD countries between 1975 and 2007 by using the Johansen cointegration approach. The study further tests the effect of the terms of trade variable by...

The education system in Italy is mainly public and highly centralised concerning both financial and regulatory aspects. However, there are significant disparities in school spending and students' performance across regions. The aim of the paper is to provide a first attempt for the Italian case...

Effective production planning of manufacturing networks requires careful consideration of several factors, including capacity, production, yields, and resource failure costs. This is particularly critical in highly variable environments where multiple resource types are available during the...

This study aims to gain insight into criteria (detailed market study, business/financial analysis, business/financial analysis before promotion, resource allocation) that contribute to the success of new service development (NSD) ventures in sectors of tourism economy and focusing especially on...

The study proposed to examine perceived norms (need, equality, merit) of resource distribution and fairness using student samples representing the same religion (i.e., Islam) but different cultural backgrounds (Malays and Internationals). The design also included gender and type of resource...

France has seen a marked deterioration in its export performance in the last 10 years or so. Previous empirical research pointed out that weak export performance was due to i) vigorous domestic demand; ii) lower mark-ups due to head-to-head competition with Germany; iii) low non-price...