Der deutsche Krankenhaussektor hat in den letzten Jahren eine sehr dynamische Entwicklung genommen, die mit einer deutlichen Wettbewerbsverschärfung einhergegangen ist. Um die eigene Existenz zu sichern, ist es für Krankenhäuser erforderlich geworden, auf moderne Controllinginstrumente...

At present Germany experiences a shake-up of the hospital industry, following the introduction of a DRG-based hospital budgeting system. Hospital owners re-evaluate their assets and adapt their strategies to the new regulatory environment. Benchmarking studies play a vital role in assessing own...

We discuss the impact of organizational workload on professional service outcomes, such as survival rates in hospitals. The prevailing view in the literature is that service quality deteriorates when organizational workload increases. In contrast, we argue that the relationship between workload...

This paper deals with the dispatch problem in providing electric power with minimal costs using different technologies. Initially, we describe this problem in terms of a linear program. This enables us to take generally neglected start-up costs into account. The main result is the explicit...

In a hospital environment that demands a careful balance between commercial and clinical interests, the extent to which physicians are involved in hospital leadership varies greatly. This paper assesses the influence of the extent of this involvement on staff-to-patient ratios. Using data...

This paper deals with the dispatch problem in providing electric power with minimal costs using different technologies. Initially, we describe this problem in terms of a linear program. This enables us to take generally neglected start-up costs into account. The main result is the explicit...

We study the robustness of empirical efficiency valuations of production processes in an extended Farrell model. Based on input and output data, an empirical efficiency status---efficient or inefficient---is assigned to each of the processes. This status may change if the data of the observed...