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ICT and Lean Management: Will They Ever Get Along?
Houy, Thomas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
In companies, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) accelerate the speed with which information is exchanged between employees, facilitate the processing of data and improve the quality of intra-company communication. As such, ICTs are powerful management support tools and can help...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005623363
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Gaming in a benchmarking environment. A non-parametric analysis of benchmarking in the water sector
De Witte, Kristof; Marques, Rui - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper discusses the use of benchmarking in general and its application to the drinking water sector. It … provides some examples of benchmarking in the water sector. After presenting in detail the institutional framework of the water … sector of the Belgian region of Flanders (without benchmarking experiences), Wallonia (recently started a public benchmark …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835895
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Crescimento da produtividade e organização do trabalho: discussão de alguns factores
Moniz, António - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
take the non-material factors that integrate the productivity dimension, as factors of intervention for a benchmarking that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837053
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Airport Benchmarking and Spatial Competition: a Critical Review
Pavlyuk, Dmitry - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
benchmarking, their advantages and shortcomings, and systematised a wide range of related academic studies. We paid special …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257832
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Public Sector Funding and Debt Management: A Case for GDP-Linked Sukuk
Diaw, Abdou; Bacha, Obiyathulla Ismath; Lahsasna, Ahcene - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
effective way the issue of debt management, in an interest-free context, and the issue of benchmarking sovereign Sukūk against …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259016
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Benchmarking of corporate social responsibility: Methodological problems and robustness
Graafland, J.J.; Eijffinger, S.C.W.; Smid, H. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
This paper investigates the possibilities and problems of benchmarking Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). After a … methodological analysis of the advantages and problems of benchmarking, we develop a benchmark method that includes economic, social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008619153
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The results account of the ABC method. The main source of underlining the performances of an entity
Briciu, Sorin; Căpuşneanu, Sorinel; I - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper presents a model of the results account specific for the method of Activity Based Costing (ABC), starting from its definition, component and typology. There are also described the defining elements of the results account in its quality of instrument of measuring and monitoring the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009328117
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The Appeal of Risky Assets
Stolper, Anno - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
A fund's performance is usually compared to the performance of an index or other funds. If a fund trails the benchmark, the fund manager is often replaced. We argue that this may lead to excessive risk-taking if fund managers differ in ability and have the opportunity to take excessive risk. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008691788
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Quantitative studies of water and sanitation utilities: a literature survey
Berg, Sanford V; Marques, Rui Cunha - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
) performance assessment (benchmarking). In addition, this paper presents some patterns regarding quantitative methods adopted over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009251542
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Job competition, employability and incentives for human capital formation
Shaked, Avner; Cristobal Campoamor, Adolfo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This note describes the effects on human capital formation of rank-order tournaments offering identical prizes to a given share of the ranked contestants. This compensation scheme is thought to resemble the selection processes in different areas of the public administration, particularly in...
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