European Journal of Operational Research 154 (2004) 345–362 www.elsevier.com/locate/dsw Returns to scale in different DEA models Rajiv D. Banker a‚ William W. Cooper b‚ Lawrence M. Seiford c‚ Robert M. Thrall d‚ Joe Zhu e‚* c School of Management‚ The University of Texas at Dallas‚ Richardson‚ TX 75083-0658‚ USA Graduate School of Business‚ The University of Texas at Austin‚ Austin‚ TX 78712-1174‚ USA Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering‚ University of Michigan‚ Ann Arbor‚ MI
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Biomedical model and biopsychological model are ways to identify an illness or disease. Biomedic is an approach when the mind and body are seen as separate entities mainly focusing on how to repair the body whereas biopsychological model sees the mind and body as interdependent entities meaning that they influence one another. They both focus on the body but when it comes to biopsychological model one factor is not enough to come to a conclusion. All of the three component which are biological‚
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Leadership Models Jaimie Wimer University of Phoenix Leadership Models The word leadership has different meanings to different people. There appears to be no one exact definition of leadership‚ just as there is no one exact leadership style. According to Wren (1995) the definition and style can vary depending “on the kind of institution in which it is found” (p. 38). For the purpose of this paper‚ the models discussed are the trait approach‚ the diamond model‚ the normative decision theory
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"THE FISHBEIN MODEL" 1975‚ 1980 and Apple`s I-phone Attitude – How does a consumer develop and change attitude? When we buy products we weight the most important attributes. Psychologist Martin Fishbein states that the attitude toward an object is the sum of the consequences of that object weighted by the evaluation of those consequences In order to understand the consumer behavior the Ajzen and Fishbein´s theory of reasoned action (TRA) can be used. TRA was initially associated to voluntary
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South African Journal of Education Copyright © 2005 EASA Vol 25(1) 11–18 Use of the Collegial Leadership Model of Emancipation to transform traditional management practices in secondary schools P. Singh De partm ent of P ostgra duate S tudies & Edu cational R esearch ‚ Nelso n M ande la Me tropolitan U niversity‚ P O Bo x 77 000 ‚ Port Elizabeth‚ 6031 South Africa prakash.singh@nm mu.ac.za The Collegial Leadership Mo del of Emanc ipation (COLME) is used to address the concerns of transforming
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I In early childhood education the model or models used for teaching plays an important role in the development of children. There are a number of models which are available to be used in early childhood education. These models can be used for a better outcome of the children’s intellectual‚ social and also emotional wellbeing. The most appropriate approach would consist of good curriculums‚ age appropriate materials‚ excellent teaching environments and other many more factors. The purpose of this
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Main Competitors 6 3. Five Forces Analysis 7 4. PEST Analysis 10 5. SWOT Analysis 12 6. Generic Strategy 14 7. Growth Strategy 14 8. Product Strategy 15 9. Partnership Strategy 15 10. Reference List 16 Introduction and Main Products “Verizon Communications Inc. (Verizon) is one of the world’s leading providers of communications services. Verizon’s wireline business‚ which includes the operations of the former
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Field Report: Does Weston -Super- Mare fit the Butler Model? Figure 11 Weston-super-Mare is a popular seaside resort town located in the county of Somerset‚ England on the Bristol Channel coast. It is the largest settlement in the North West. Weston-super- Mare has a population of 69‚696 People living in households and 2‚062 people living in communal establishments; 71‚ 758 in total.2 Due to the development of the railway between local towns and cities it became a popular seaside
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Knowledge Management Models Knowledge management literature is plentiful with different understandings of knowledge‚ information and data‚ as ideas and thoughts. As a result many organizations experience lots of expenses on knowledge management technologies‚ which hardly deliver with the expected outcome (Davenport‚ and Prusak‚ 1998). For further explanation‚ Argote et al.‚ (2003) tried to organize Knowledge Management literature by separating it into two parts: Knowledge Management context and
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SWAT model The SWAT model‚ a physically based model developed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)‚ operates at a daily time step. This model has been developed on a physical‚ semi-distributive‚ scale-basin basis for continuous time and with emphasis on soil surface processes. SWAT’s sub-watersheds are divided into hydrological response units (HRUs) that have unique combinations of slope‚ land use‚ and soil type within the sub-basin and form the basic land segment for computing flow
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