Wissenschaftliche LiteraturEfficiency

Fiona Ungemach

Information Efficiency of Accounting Standards

Finanzmanagement

The analysis of financial statements plays an important role in performance measurement and equity valuation. Accounting information not necessarily reflects the economic situation of a firm but is subject to regulatory frameworks that make financial statement data difficult to interpret economically. The general…

Thomas Topf

Care for the Elderly in Germany: Efficiency, Productivity and their Determinants

An Empirical Analysis for the Years 1999 to 2009

Schriftenreihe Gesundheitswissenschaften

By 2030 the number of persons of working age in Germany will drop by 7.5 million to 42.2 million, relative to the reference year 2008. Thus, the social security system in Germany faces a shrinking number of potential contributors while supporting a growing number of benefit recipients cared for by a shrinking…

Frane Erčulj, Vinko Zovko

Basketball Shooting: A Science-based Approach to Coaching

Schriften zur Sportwissenschaft

"The book offers everything a basketball coach, player, or enthusiast should ever know about this important element of the game with the orange ball – that can never be mastered to perfection. There is always something small left to be fixed with extra work. This book, which should not be missing in the collection…

Eleazar Mbock Njock

Balance Measurement Methods in Data Envelopment Analysis

Concept, Models and Applications

QM – Quantitative Methoden in Forschung und Praxis

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is a benchmarking tool that evaluates the relative efficiency by comparing peer decision making units (DMUs) which transform varying quantities of the same set of inputs into varying amounts of the same set of outputs. The efficiency score is defined as the ratio of the weighted sum…

Elaine Wilke

An Analysis of the Impact of Property Efficiency on Investor‘s and Occupier‘s Performance

Schriftenreihe innovative betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis

The aim of this study is to better understand the impact of property efficiency on investor’s and occupier’s performance. In the course of the investigation, evidence is found that so far property efficiency has rarely been considered when evaluating the investor’s property performance. But also occupiers are…

Anne Schaefer

Nonparametric frontier-based analysis of efficiency and its drivers in business processes

Comparison of methods with empirical application to an OTC derivatives post-trade clearing process of a major German bank

Schriftenreihe innovative betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis

Effizienzmessung von Prozessen ist ein Thema von zentraler Bedeutung für Finanzdienstleister. In der akademischen Literatur ist die Effizienzmessung mit der Nonparametric Frontier Analysis weit verbreitet. Die fundamentalen Vorteile der Methoden aus diesem Bereich sind die Möglichkeit der Integration mehrere…

Sina Mohr

Decomposing Consistency Matrices

A Methodological Approach to Increase Efficiency and Applicability of the Consistency Analysis in Scenario Processes

Strategisches Management

Eine zentrale Herausforderung im Rahmen induktiver Szenarioprozesse besteht in der Auswahl konsistenter Szenarien aus der Vielzahl kombinatorisch möglicher Projektionsbündel. Zu diesem Zweck wird in der Literatur der Einsatz der Konsistenzanalyse empfohlen. Sie dient dazu, Komplexität zu reduzieren und…

Milena Valenčič-Zuljan / Mara Cotič / Darjo Felda / Zlatan Magajna / Amalija Žakelj

The Efficiency of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Grouping of Students in Mathematics

Didaktik in Forschung und Praxis

The questions of grouping students have always been present in the history of education with diverse intentions and according to different criteria. The researchers of education as well as teachers and pedagogues have tried to find out when the grouping should start and what the objective of grouping is, how it…

Deniz Erdem

Foreign Direct Investments, Innovation Dynamics and Energy Efficiency

Schriftenreihe volkswirtschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse

Der rasante Anstieg der Energienachfrage weltweit setzt einerseits die Energiepreise und nationale Versorgungssicherheit unter Druck. Andererseits gefährdet er das globale ökologische Gleichgewicht. Deshalb spielt die effiziente Nutzung der Energieressourcen eine besondere Rolle bei der Bewältigung dieser…

Boštjan Naglič / Cedric Kechavarzi / Marina Pintar / Martin Pavlovič

Water Movement Modelling

Surface Drip Irrigation in Agriculture

Schriftenreihe agrarwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse

Improvements in irrigation can increase the productivity of water and may provide significant adaptation potential under a changing climate. The great potential of drip irrigation lies in improving water management, thus enlarging crop yield and quality. However, to design drip irrigation systems effectively, the…