An ongoing debate in the literature on efficiency of higher education institutions concerns the indicator for research …. We show that there is a high correlation of efficiency values between the estimations using these indicators; however …

In research into higher education, the evaluation of completion and dropout rates has generated a steady stream of … shows institutions' ability to produce graduates as measured against their basic academic teaching efficiency. The new … indicator avoids the well-known heterogeneity problem in efficiency measurements. Their politically determined focus on …

the efficiency of institutions worldwide, the problem concerning the availability of internationally standardized data …. We calculate efficiency scores for more than 4,800 universities and other research-focused institutions worldwide … America or Europe. The results of the study show that institutions in the Pacific region have the highest average efficiency …

While output and impact assessments were initially at the forefront of institutional research evaluations, efficiency … measurements have become popular in recent years. Research efficiency is measured by indicators that relate research output to …. As input, we used the amount of budget, and as output the number of highly-cited papers. We employed Data Efficiency …

In research into higher education, the evaluation of completion and dropout rates has generated a steady stream of … shows institutions' ability to produce graduates as measured against their basic academic teaching efficiency. The new … indicator avoids the well-known heterogeneity problem in efficiency measurements. Their politically determined focus on …

The aim of this work is to study the efficiency of firms operating in Calabria, a small and economically … manufacturing firms which are observed over the 1998-2006 period. Results show that the efficiency score is, on average, about 60 …%. A declining trend is observed over the last three-year period, 2004-2006. Moreover, firm efficiency increases with firm …

cities toughen competition, allowing only the most productive to survive) and agglomeration economies (larger cities promote …

We incorporate arguments from the Tiebout model into the regulatory competition equilibrium and study cross …-fertilization by injecting new blood and awakening the market for corporate control. Results show that cross-fertilization in bank …

new blood and awakening the market for corporate control. Results show that cross-fertilization in bank performance …

of Education for the academic year 2005–2006. We find that schools located in communities with a higher stock of social …