FRAMEWORK FOR GREATER(IMPROVED) PERFORMANCE. …

This study is part of a continuing program of research into the performance of economic infrastructure industries … consequences of failure to match levels of performance achieved overseas. It is based on data collected throughout 1997. …

determinants of performance of cities. We construct a preliminary worldwide database for cities, containing variables and … indicators of globalization (at the country and city level), city governance, city performance (access and quality of … globalization (at both the country as well as at the city level) do matter for city-level performance in terms of access and quality …

influences on export performance of Australian manufacturing firms may lie with a range of ‘firm-specific’ factors other than …

competitiveness of the Australian black coal industry which are consistent with improving the overall performance of the Australian …

1997 and 2002. The study suggests there may be scope for further gains in the relative performance of Australian terminals. …

We analyze the relation of firm performance and managerial turnover in 19th century German banking by probit estimation …. This period covers a major reform of corporate governance. Before the reform performance and turnover are unrelated, wheras … after the reform more succesfull managers leave firms more seldom. However, only short run performance matters. …