Accurate statistical data are essential to a credible and cogent empirical analysis. However, there currently is no mature and specialized methodology to evaluate the accuracy of input-output (IO) data. This research constructs a comprehensive yet relatively concise framework for evaluating the...

Theory construction and data reconstruction are required for the evaluation of quality in China. Taking into consideration existing mature quality evaluation models (particularly the methods of evaluating customer satisfaction) and China's unique national conditions during its economic...

Projection pursuit model (PP) is widely used in many fields, especially quality evaluation. One of the biggest shortages of PP was that the projection direction is strongly influenced by relevant parameters. In order to solve this problem, many experts and scholars introduced all kinds of...

This article explores the ways in which uncertainty can be incorporated into the understanding of better performance approaches, and is thus proposed as an enabling dimension of performance. The enabling characteristic of uncertainty is of special interest to designing educational programs for...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate value co‐creation in assessing higher education (HE) teaching quality by acknowledging the influence of all interacting parties: teachers, students and general university service. The paper questions the appropriateness of student...

Ever since 1990, economic higher education has recorded profound changes in contents structure. It was evolved from reflecting the specifics of the transition economy up to its present stage adapted to the functional market economy in the international context characterized by the technological...

The present paper describes and discusses the SAM test (School Achievements Monitoring) - a new approach to measuring educational outputs in different subjects. The test is being developed by specialists from the Center for International Cooperation in Education Development (CICED) in the...

In the present research, microwave-assisted biodiesel production from Camptotheca acuminata seed oil catalyzed by novel Brönsted–Lewis acidic ionic liquid (IL) was investigated. A series of IL catalysts were prepared using Brönsted acidic IL [BSO3HMIM]HSO4 with various metal sulfates for the...

The paper deals with a systematic approach to education as well as to other areas, which represents a tool ensuring that education was performed effectively and efficiently, that it had positive influence on the society and the individual and it had improved their job performance and quality of...

This paper identifies important changes in the Portuguese healthcare industry such as the ownership of healthcare providers, meaning that profit-oriented organisations are currently entering into an industry, which was traditionally dominated by public services. At the same time customers are...