This report sets out the findings of an ex post evaluation of the European Capitals of Culture (ECoC) action in 2013, focussing on the two cities hosting the title, Košice in Slovakia and the Marseille-Provence area in France. The evaluation explores the implementation of both ECoC throughout...

In analyzing the relationship between outsourcing and firm performance, different authors have studied the effects that outsourcing can have on the firm. Even if we establish an initial link between outsourcing and representative measurements of the results achieved through cost savings or the...

Real-life problems are complex because they are typically made up of several sub-problems interacting. These interactions establish an interdependent relationship in which the quality of one partial solution impacts the quality of other partial solutions. Recently, a new benchmark known as the...