Search Results - subject:"Evaluation methodology"

A theoretical evaluation and empirical investigation into explanations for the escalation of commitment phenomenon in the particular organisational contexts of Expo 86 and Expo 88

Donohue, Kerry John - 2006

Escalation of commitment to failing investments is considered to be representative of biased forms of decision-making which may result in unproductive consequences. Decision makers adopt investment courses of action in initial conditions of uncertainty, which subsequently appear to lead to...

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Evaluating a collaborative IT based research and development project

Khan, Zaheer; Ludlow, David; Caceres, Santiago - In: Evaluation and Program Planning 40 (2013) C, pp. 27-41

sub-contractors from 14 different European countries. In the HUMBOLDT project, a specific evaluation methodology was … integrated project, but also revealed the benefits and disadvantages of the evaluation methodology. This paper presents the … evaluation methodology, discusses in detail the process of applying it to the HUMBOLDT project and provides an in-depth analysis …

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Regional policy networks: IFPRI's experience with decentralization

Paarlberg, Robert - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005

"IFPRI, traditionally a centralized development organization, is now embracing networks as one institutional strategy to achieve “regional decentralization.” Since 1999 IFPRI has developed and operated two formal regional networks, in East Africa and South Asia, and additional regional...

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The impact of the International Food Policy Research Institute's research program on rural finance policies for food security for the poor

Alwang, Jeffrey; Puhazhendhi, V. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2002

This study examines the contributions of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) between 1993 and 2001 to analysis, outreach, capacity building, and training related to the role of rural finance in poverty reduction. The IFPRI multicountry research project on Rural Finance...

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Measuring the performance of human service programs

Martin, Lawrence L.; Kettner, Peter M. - 2010 - 2. ed.

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Evaluating Cluster Policies: A Unique Model? Lessons To Be Drawn From a Comparison Between French and European Experiences

Gallié, Emilie-Pauline; Glaser, Anna; Pallez, Frédérique - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010

Although there is a consensus concerning the need for public policy evaluation, there is no stable doctrine regarding the way such assessments should be carried out. Different models coexist or succeed one another; it is, for example, possible to schematically oppose a ballistic model of...

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Evaluating energy security in the Asia-Pacific region: A novel methodological approach

Vivoda, Vlado - In: Energy Policy 38 (2010) 9, pp. 5258-5263

This paper establishes an 'energy security assessment instrument' based on a new and expanded conceptualisation of energy security. The instrument is a systematic interrogative tool for evaluating energy security of individual states or regions. It consists of eleven broad energy security...

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A study of performance measurement in the outsourcing decision

McIvor, Ronan (contributor) - 2009

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Future costs in economic evaluation: A comment on Lee

Feenstra, Talitha L.; Baal, Pieter H.M. van; Gandjour, … - In: Journal of Health Economics 27 (2008) 6, pp. 1645-1649

In a recent article in this journal Lee argued that indirect medical costs should be ignored in economic evaluations. To reach this conclusion, Lee uses an unrealistic and uncommon budget constraint. This comment highlights a number of methodological problems in Lee's analysis. Moreover, it...

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Designing and constructing instruments for social research and evaluation

Colton, David; Covert, Robert W. - 2007 - 1. ed.

Introduction -- Instruments and social inquiry -- Measurement, instrument construction, validity, and reliability -- Purposeful creativity : first steps in the development of an instrument -- Pretesting -- The structure and format of selection items -- Guidelines for writing selection items --...

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