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- Little progress so far on UN reform: US Congress study
- WASHINGTON AFP — Internal political wrangling and bureaucratic inefficiency have hampered efforts to reform the United Nations, according to a US congressional report. "Despite various reform efforts, significant inefficiencies in United Nations management operations persist," the report by the Government Accountability Office, GAO concluded. In September 2005, UN member states...
- Research articles 2006-10-05
- PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKING FOR TAIWAN'S INTERNATIONAL TOURIST HOTELS
- ABSTRACT This study proposes an alternative data envelopment analysis DEA method to explore the managerial performance, the input congestion, and the benchmarks of international tourist hotels ITHs for a small open economy, Taiwan. Several empirical results are shown: (1) most ITHs operate at decreasing returns to scale, indicating that ITHs...
- Research articles 2006-08-01
- Messing up centrally.(Going Local)(economic policy)
- SOME general elections ago, the former Times Editor Simon Jenkins had the temerity to mention one of those things which, he argued, we all know about but don't articulate: the BBC's economic policy. It isn't generally acknowledged that they have one, he said--as far...
- Research articles 2006-01-01
- Financial intermediary versus production approach to efficiency of marketing distribution systems and organizational structure of insurance companies
- ABSTRACT An examination of the efficiency of the marketing distribution channel and organizational structure for insurance companies is presented from a framework that views the insurer as a financial intermediary rather than as a "production entity" which produces "value added" through loss payments. Within this financial intermediary approach, solvency...
- Research articles 2005-09-01
- Parochialism rules.
- Jun 03, 2005 (BRW - ABIX via COMTEX) The state-based nature of many of Australia's biggest charities and community organisations is under threat. Although the Australian not- for-profit sector is worth $A70 billion, employs 600,000 people and accounts for 10 per cent of...
- Research articles 2005-06-03
- Using DEA to measure efficiency in forest and paper companies.
- Abstract This paper introduces the non-parametric method, data envelopment analysis DEA, to measure the relative efficiency of 97 global forest and paper companies in 2001. One variable output total sales and two variable inputs (operating costs and expenses, and interest expenses) obtained from...
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- Thai Buses Back in Black by 2006.
- By Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 3--The loss-ridden Bangkok Mass Transit Authority hopes to cut its operating losses to the break-even point by 2006 and turn a profit in later years under a new restructuring plan. ...
- Research articles 2004-06-03
- Global competitiveness and Canadian sectoral/regional labour productivity differences
- Abstract This paper evaluates the extent to which the decrease in total factor productivity growth that is alleged to have occurred in the last Jew years is also reflected in corresponding decreases in labour productivity growth, among key provinces and sectors of the Canadian economy. The analysis is based...
- Research articles 2003-12-01
- Global Warming Policy - Bad Economics?
- According to a newly released report published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (in its Economic & Financial Policy Review, V. 2, No. 1, August 20, 2003), inefficiencies in post- Kyoto global warming policy could result in worldwide increases in the cost of emission reductions while benefitting individual nations...
- Research articles 2003-08-28
- New Stanford University study highlights the dangers of neglecting identity management; Survey shows serious security vulnerabilities and operational inefficiencies at Global 2000 companies.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-20 May 2003-NOVELL: New Stanford University study highlights the dangers of neglecting identity management; Survey shows serious security vulnerabilities and operational inefficiencies at Global 2000 companiesC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05202003 PROVO, Utah -- Many Global 2000 companies are suffering from...
- Research articles 2003-05-20
- Inefficiency Delays Funds of 100 Billion Baht in Thailand.
- By Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 30--More than 100 billion baht worth of funds slated for spending in the current budget remains delayed due to bureaucratic inefficiencies. Somchai Sujjapongse, director of the fiscal policy and...
- Research articles 2003-04-30
- Inefficiency in Thai Foreign-Exchange Market Adds Business Risks.
- By Darana Chudasri, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 20--Inefficiency in the domestic foreign-exchange market is increasing problems for businesses and limiting the opportunities to manage currency risks, according to local economists. Praipol Koomsup, an economist at...
- Research articles 2002-09-20
- Is Public Long-Term Care Insurance Necessary?
- ABSTRACT This article examines the need for public long-term care LTC insurance within an overlapping generations model. The discussion revolves around two items: financing methods and inefficiency of privately provided LTC insurance. Special attention is paid to the inefficiency caused by the individual behavior regarding health investment under a...
- Research articles 2000-06-01
- Sherlund, Shane M. "Exogenous Shocks and Technical Efficiency Among Ivorien Rice Farmers." MS thesis, Utah State University
- This research reexamined Schultz's celebrated "poor but efficient" hypothesis for traditional rice farmers in Cote d'Ivoire during 1993-95. Failing to control for exogenous production conditions EPCs, such as weeds, pests, and rainfall, previous studies routinely rejected the Schultzian hypothesis--finding extensive technical inefficiency. However, after carefully controlling for EPCs, this study...
- Research articles 1999-12-01
- WHO KNOWS, MAYBE BANKS WILL BE A THING OF THE PAST IN 100 YEARS.
- Myron S. Scholes, 57 Nobel laureate in economics, co-creator of the Black-Scholes option pricing model; original partner, Long-Term Capital Management LP; consultant to Robert M. Bass; professor emeritus, Stanford University ``You think capital raising is developed, but in the next...
- Research articles 1999-06-28
- Inefficiencies in public electricity provision and impacts on firms in Karachi's manufacturing sector
- The private costs of electricity supply failures are substantial and inimical to industrial productivity. Using results from a small sample survey of manufacturing firms in Karachi, the study documented the causes, extent and incidence of the failures, identified and classified the firms' private responses, and estimated the capital share of...
- Research articles 1999-06-22
- Pros show how to make purchasing efficient
- As fast-food and full-service operators grapple with such issues as regional vs. centralized buying, "efficient foodservice response" strategies and state of-the-art "electronic commerce" systems, several of the industry's top purchasing experts at COEX '98 shared techniques for shedding buying-related inefficiencies. "Today you can't afford to waste time or...
- Research articles 1998-03-16
- USPS inefficiency threatens direct marketers; DMA president also sees another obstacle: privacy concerns - Direct Marketing Association president Jonah Gitlitz
- USPS inefficiency threatens direct marketers
- Research articles 1990-03-01
- Editorial: Warning sign for brand ads.(Viewpoint)(Package-goods marketers have railed for more than a decade against the inefficiency of trade promotion and proselytized about the need to swing the balance more toward brand-building advertising)(Brief Art
- Package-goods marketers have railed for more than a decade against the inefficiency of trade promotion and proselytized about the need to swing the balance more toward brand-building advertising. But new survey data point the finger at advertising as Package-goods marketers have railed for more than a...
- Research articles 2003-03-31
- N.Y. superintendent vows to take lead on regulatory issues. (New York Insurance Superintendent Neil Levin, in comments at 1997 Ernst & Young Insurance Year-End Update, claims that National Assn. of Insurance Commissioners does not want to work with th
- Labeling the National Association of Insurance Commissioners "a small-state organization" mired in inefficiency, New York Insurance Superintendent Neil Levin vowed that his department will forge ahead to take the lead on a number of regula Labeling the National Association of Insurance Commissioners "a small-state...
- Research articles 1998-01-05
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