Public schools in the United States continue their struggle with the divergent goals of improving performance and reducing spending. For almost a decade, they have been challenged to comply with the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). In many local districts, those goals have been pursued...

Many urban areas of the United States have experienced urban sprawl in the past 60 years. Severe out-migration of relatively wealthier families to ex-urban counties has left relatively poorer families behind. When combined with the recent national conversation about school improvement, this...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the relationship between supply chain linkages and supply chain performance (cost‐containment and reliability of supply chain partners). Design/methodology/approach – Multivariate regression models are developed in order to identify the...

A dual transportation analysis is considered as a strategic matter for plant facility expansion/contraction decision making in manufacturing operations. The primal-dual problem is presented in a generalized mathematical form. A practical technique of generating the dual solution is illustrated...

An appropriate assessment of sustainability in venture business is an important managerial and investment decision making. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is utilized for sustainability assessment for venture business firms’ performance. Venture business firms are primary decision-making units...