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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Economics Week 1 Economic Laws Trudy Mullins Grantham University When asked should every nation be democratic and free‚ would bring up lots of discussion. Most would tell you they would like to see that‚ yet in their mind they know it isn’t possible. All know that when nations are all not democratic‚ this concept makes the world go round. Because of the different cultures‚ religions‚ and government premises‚ makes it almost impossible for all nations to be democratic. Democracy‚
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Economics 515 Midterm 1 1. Economic growth vs. economic development‚ define extensive growth & intensive growth Economic growth is the sustained increase in the output of goods/services of a society. Economic development is economic growth plus changes in technical and institutional arrangements by with output are produced. Extensive growth- increase in output due to increase in inputs (labor force grows‚ land stock increases) Intensive growth- increase in output per unit of input –
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Publication Server of the ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics Borghans‚ Lex; Duckworth‚ Angela Lee; Heckman‚ James Joseph; ter Weel‚ Bas Working Paper The economics and psychology of personality traits IZA Discussion Papers‚ No. 3333 Provided in Cooperation with: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Suggested Citation: Borghans‚ Lex; Duckworth‚ Angela Lee; Heckman‚ James Joseph; ter Weel‚ Bas (2008) : The economics and psychology of personality traits‚ IZA Discussion Papers
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MANAGEMENT‚ ECONOMICS AND DECISION-MAKING MANAGEMENT * Making decisions * Choosing between alternatives * Making choices based on economic analysis and evaluation MANAGER * Anyone who participates in and affects the decision-making process‚ regardless of how informal and unstructured that process might be * Someone who is engaged in a decision involving choice and utilizes some form of economic evaluation REASON FOR STUDYING MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS * Because
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Pay Model Name Affiliation Pay Model This is a frame work used in examination of the current and most available pay systems. The model can be composed of three building blocks or elements. The compensation objectives- the pay system is designed to meet certain objectives such as ethics‚ efficiency‚ compliancy to the law‚ and fairness. The policies that form the compensation system- the policy issue addresses management and administration of the pay system‚ internal alignment‚ and external competitiveness
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surveys recent models of growth and trade in search of descriptions of technologies that are consistent with episodes of very rapid income growth. Emphasis is placed on the on-the-job accumulation of human capital: learning by doing. Possible connections between learning rates and international trade are discussed. KEYWORDS: Growth‚ productivity‚ on-the-job training‚ learning.
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Development Economics focus is on methods of promoting economic growth and structural change. The early proponents of development as a policy emerged with Keynesian Macroeconomics which encouraged the need for Government Intervention in order for economic growth to take place. This theory identified that fixed capital formation was a major source of economic growth and development. It also pointed out a need for a raise in domestic savings rate in the poor countries since savings led to investment
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EconomicThis document has been made available on www.actuaries.org.uk with the permission of the Society of Actuaries‚ Schaumburg‚ Illinois. Copyright 2008. Specialty Guide on Economic Capital Version 1.5 March 2004 Specialty Guide on Economic Capital Section I. II. Page FOREWORD...................................................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW .........................................................
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Economics is the social science that analyzes the production‚ distribution‚ and consumption of goods and services. Economics is concerned with the ideal distribution of scarce resources (limited availability of things that we desire) within society. For example‚ economics is concerned with which needs people have and which goods they want produced. An important element in economics is concerned with the extent to which governments can intervene in the economy to improve the economic provision of
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