We study a planning problem of an imperfect production of a single product. The product is assumed to be continuously divisible. There are two facilities: a main facility dedicated to the original production and a facility dedicated to re-manufacturing defective units coming from the main...

This paper analyses spontaneous commercialisation phenomena in the public health care system of transitional Russia. The authors relate these phenomena to the government's policy of vague declarations of comprehensive universal coverage unsupported by sound financial commitments. The paper...