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Applying QE-DEA in the evaluation of the Greek public sector : the case of the agencies for aliens and immigration of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace
Dimitriadis, Sotirios; Karakitsiou, Athanasia; … - In: International journal of decision sciences, risk and … 5 (2013) 1, pp. 88-100
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Critical considerations on defining and measuring performance in public organizations
Cioclea, Alexandra Ema - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Performance evaluation plays a central role in improving public service quality and increasing efficiency and … accountability in the public sector. New Public Management recommends performance evaluation as a tool for rationalizing public … characteristics of performance evaluation and to highlight its influences in public organizations. The study is based on review and …
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A rational road to effectiveness attainment
Zervopoulos, Panagiotis; Vargas, Francisco; Cheng, Gang - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Operational effectiveness goes beyond efficiency while it incorporates exogenous variables, non-controllable by the … comparative optimization techniques (e.g. Data Envelopment Analysis) for efficiency and effectiveness measurement generally have … modified Quality-driven – Efficiency-adjusted Data Envelopment Analysis (MQE-DEA) model to assess effectiveness and provide a …
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Developing a step-by-step effectiveness assessment model for customer-oriented service organizations
Brissimis, Sophocles; Zervopoulos, Panagiotis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Effectiveness involves more than simple efficiency, which is limited to the production process assessment of peer … “rational” Quality-driven – Efficiency-adjusted DEA (MQE-DEA) model. This particular model provides a feasible effectiveness … operational units. Effectiveness incorporates both endogenous and exogenous variables. It is a fundamental driver for the success …
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Opening the Door to Accounting Change : Transformations in Chinese Public Sector Accounting
Xue, Qingmei - 2012
Accounting in China in the last 30 years has changed deeply, in connection with one of the most astonishing process of economic development in the world. Most researchers focus their attention to business accounting, with attention to further needs for change in the future. This article takes a...
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Fragmented Rights in the Commons and Anticommons : Externalities as a Function of Transaction Costs
Bormann, Nicholas - 2012
Economists often envision commons and anticommons as occurring from either too few or too many rights-claimants over a good. While this perspective has an intuitive appeal, it obfuscates similarities between commons and anticommons, with significant impact on proposed policy solutions. This...
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Abuse of Power : The CFPB and Ocwen Financial Corp
Whalen, Richard Christopher - 2017
This paper discusses the treatment of Ocwen Financial Corp by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) since 2012 and also examines the actions of private investors. The paper suggests that the CFPB has been overly harsh in its treatment of Ocwen, both measured by the amount of fines and...
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Corruption & the Wealth of Nations
Bologna Pavlik, Jamie; Grier, Robin M.; Grier, Kevin B. - 2021
Corruption is often cited as a fundamental obstacle to economic development, making anticorruption initiatives an important policy objective. However, there is little convincing empiricalevidence concerning the benefits of anti-corruption reform. We fill this gap by identifying a set ofcountries...
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Economic Reconstruction Amidst Conflict : Insights from Afghanistan and Iraq
Coyne, Christopher J.; Pellillo, Adam - 2010
Economic reconstruction typically takes place after the end of war. Yet recently, economic reconstruction has been viewed as a means to ‘win hearts and minds’ during ongoing conflict. Drawing on a variety of reconstruction experiences from Afghanistan and Iraq, we identify four...
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Sharing the Experience of Diaspora Investment Governance : Lessons from a Chinese Island Economy
Ye, Zhen (Peter) - 2014
This paper explores the dynamic of investment governance from the perspective of Diaspora investment governance in an island economy in China. It is not a study of investment governance as understood in the conventional developed sense. The study took place in a system absent of business angel,...
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