A DEA evaluation of the successful implementation of HEALTH2020 policies

Health2020 is a promising framework of policies provided by World Health Organization (WHO) aiming to diminish the health and well-being inequalities among the citizens of countries. European Union (EU) and its member-states participate to this ambitious framework. The deterioration of major demographic, social and environmental factors, in addition to the escalation of the economic crisis prevent the successful and, without restrictions, implementation of this framework. Under such conditions, there is a strong need for all the EU member-states to utilize their health and economical resources efficiently and wisely. In order to provide a unified and value-based approach of the Heath2020 framework, we take advantage of the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Dynamic DEA methods to evaluate the impact of the Health2020 policies. This approach pinpoints the countries that can be characterized as outperformers and the lagged ones. We adopt several versions of evaluation, in relation to the regional targets of Health2020, measuring both the effectiveness and the efficiency of EU countries from 2011 to 2016. We, also, examine the stability of the technological frontier of the countries using dynamic DEA. Our results showed the existence of major dividend lines between the outperformers and the other countries. The results also reveal a stability in technological changes indicating, probably, the slow development in this sector at the field of Health.     

成就目标导向:三维结构的理论采纳与实证检验

成就目标导向作为个人追求成就的认知倾向,其对个体组织行为和态度的重要影响逐渐引起了当代管理学界的关注,但目前成就目标理论的本土化研究却面临成果匮乏与研究脉络难以拓展的双重困境,而这主要是由成就目标导向的结构多维演化与采用标准不一所致。聚焦当前研究困境,梳理了近30年来成就目标导向的结构演化历程,剖析了目前学术界争议的焦点,基于研究进展与现实意义诠释了成就目标导向三维结构的适用性,基于理论基础对三维构念进行了要素分析,并通过量表编制、修订与实证研究检验了三维结构的合理性。研究结果将为成就目标理论运用于本土企业管理研究带来一定启示,并为提升该理论的普适性作出一定贡献。     

Fashioning a destination tourism future: The case of Slovenia

Achieving competitive advantage for any destination in times of rapid global change requires tourism stakeholders to have a clear understanding of the direction of change and its implications for business or destination management. The challenges are particularly acute for emerging destinations such as Slovenia. The paper discusses tools for measuring destination performance with particular focus on Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA). Using IPA the paper develops a priority ordering for Slovenian tourism stakeholders to debate, modify and to adopt actions that can help them prepare for the challenges arising from global trends. The survey instrument used for this study asks respondents to highlight both the important areas that should be addressed by tourism stakeholders in Slovenia and also the performance of Slovenia in respect of the success or otherwise of the strategies that are currently being pursued to enhance destination competitiveness. The findings reveal that there are a number of areas in which the Slovene tourism industry considers itself to be underperforming in the implementation of strategies to eliminate drift. The paper explores some of the implications of the findings for strategic action and implementation, making some concluding comments on destination development strategy while highlighting areas for further research.     

工程项目风险管理及综合评价探讨

从我国工程项目管理实践中存在的不足入手,论述实施风险项目管理的可行性,建立了风险项目管理的流程,设计了风险库等管理工具,并以实际案例介绍了风险项目管理的应用.     

我国中小企业财务管理现状分析与对策研究

中小企业是国民经济重要组成部分其财务有其自身独特性.本文在分析中小企业财务管理问题的现状的基础上,提出加强其管理的相关对策.     

Discussion on the business performance of life insurance industries in Taiwan and Mainland China Application of Metafrontier model

When using the Data Development Analysis method for analyzing the efficiency of different firms, it is common to put all similar DMU together for measurement in order to figure out the efficiency values of various DMU. However, such an analysis may easily neglect the source property of an individual DMU, meaning that the differences among various DMUs derive from different environmental backgrounds, e.g. environment variables such as economic civilization, laws and regulations, and political backgrounds. Applying the Metafrontier model can overcome the barriers resulting from the environment variables, and it can analyze and measure the differences among various DMUs which have different source properties. It can also be used for measuring the difference between each group of DMU and all DMUs. Therefore, this study adopts the DEA method, assuming variable returns to scale to evaluate and comparatively analyze the business performance of life insurance industries in Taiwan and Mainland China based on ＂BBC input orientation＂. When evaluating the business performance, the operating management echelon is affected by uncontrollable external environment variables. Thus, this study applies the Four-Stage Data Envelopment Analysis to discuss the impact of environment variables on business performance and re-measures the business efficiency of life insurance industries in Taiwan and Mainland China after adjusting the input variables. The demonstration period adopted by this study is from 2003 to 2005, and the research subject comprises 43 companies in Taiwan and Mainland China, among which, there are 19 companies in Taiwan and 24 companies in Mainland China, and there are 129 sets of sample data. It is assumed that the discount rate is ？ （）, is set as 3% in this paper）, and figured out the change of each life insurance company in technical efficiency in the inter-period accumulative years from 2003 to 2005.     

世界城市指标体系研究的路径取向与方法拓展

指标体系研究是世界城市研究中的一个关键性问题.一般认为指标研究有助于更好地认识世界城市、把握世界城市的塑造规律.然而由于没有公认的指标体系和可靠的数据支撑,有关的指标研究进展并不顺利,一定意义上成为世界城市研究大繁荣中的一个"肮脏的小秘密"(Dirty Secret),影响到了对于世界城市全面认识.本文在理论回顾基础上区分并比较了世界城市指标体系构建的识别性、比较研究性和战略规划性三条路径,提出相关研究方法应当从以"识别"世界城市为导向拓展转变为以"塑造"世界城市为出发点.进而构建了一个由目标性和路径性指标群组成,涵盖城市规模、控制力、沟通力、效率、创新、活力、公平、宜居和可持续等9个组别的后发世界城市指标体系.     

外国超市投资中国市场的财务风险分析与管理

本文针对投资中国市场的外国超市在中国市场可能面临的主要财务风险结合中国的宏观经济环境进行了分析，着重分析了除所有投资都要面临的一般财务风险外，作为进入中国市场的外国超市，还将面临的由于不同的经济环境而产生的汇率风险、利率风险、价格制定风险和通货膨胀风险，并针对这四种风险提出了相应的解决措施。     

台湾机场经营效率之实证研究

本研究运用资料包络分析法（DEA），探讨台湾不同等级航空站的经营效率。研究结果显示，整体效率值的排名依序为特等站、甲等站、丙等站、乙等站与丁等站，其中特等站与丁等站效率值的离散程度较小，乙等站的离散程度则较大。纯粹技术效率值的排名依序为特等站、丁等站、甲等站、丙等站、乙等站，其中特等站效率值的离散程度较小，乙等站的离散程度则较大。     

贫困地区农民增收的制约因素分析

农民增收滞缓会影响到整个国民经济的健康发展和社会稳定,通过层次分析法定量分析,增收缓慢的主要原因是经济规律与宏观经济环境发展变化共同作用的结果。要提高农民收入,根本上要加快工业化、城镇化的进程。