Authors:Cinzia Daraio, Leopold Simar,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: efficiency, applications, studies, productivity, methodology, analysis, nonparametric, methods, advanced, robust
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2007-03-26
List price: $149.00
ISBN-10: 0387351558
ISBN-13: 9780387351551

Providing a systematic and comprehensive treatment of recent developments in efficiency analysis, this readable book makes available an intuitive yet rigorous presentation of advanced nonparametric and robust methods. This flexible toolbox can be used in theories based on the neoclassical theory of production and its alternatives, including evolutionary theories. The methods are complemented by empirical analysis of three different economic fields: scientific research, mutual funds industry and the insurance sector. The research demonstrates the utility of the toolbox for a wide range of econo

Authors:Cinzia Sicca, Alison Yarrington,
Publisher: Continuum
Keywords: trade, lustrous
Number of Pages: 290
Published: 2001-01-01
List price: $216.00
ISBN-10: 0718502094
ISBN-13: 9780718502096

In recent years, the Anglo-Italian sphere of artistic exchange in relation to painting has been an increasingly productive area of research. Here, contributors shift the focus onto the two countries’ equally significant sculpture trade. This volume of selected essays by economic and social historians and historians of material culture and art investigates the varied roles and functions of sculpture and the ways in which this particular cultural exchange was manifested. Issues of business and the markets for sculpture are highlighted, both in the context of producers of “high” art and in

Authors:Hans Van Kranenburg, Cinzia Dal Zotto,
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub
Keywords: industry, media, innovation, management
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2009-02
List price: $135.00
ISBN-10: 1847201091
ISBN-13: 9781847201096

This comprehensive book covers relevant issues on how media companies are currently embracing innovation, the levels at which they are doing so, and how innovation can help media companies to meet their development needs in the future. The primary focus of this study is the relationship between management and innovation in the media industry. The book evaluates the importance and the role of innovation within the media industry and helps identify and evaluate the drivers of innovation. The contributors demonstrate and build upon an understanding of the issues and strategies that bind media

Authors:Cinzia Canali, Anthony Maluccio, Tiziano Vecchiato,
Publisher: Aldine Transaction
Keywords: modern, perspectives, applications, social, work, program, client, child, family, services, comparative, evaluation
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2002-12-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0202307239
ISBN-13: 9780202307237

In diverse settings within diverse countries, how can we improve practice and service delivery on behalf of children and families who come to the attention of agencies and practitioners in child and family services? How can we learn from each other’s research on outcome evaluation? What particular program findings can be generalized to improve services? How can we share and implement new solutions? This volume addresses such questions from varying international perspectives. Contributors provide answers and generate discussion points for consideration by practitioners as well as researche