Assessing performance and value-creation capabilities in Lean healthcare: insights from a case study

ABSTRACT

Lean thinking is increasingly being applied worldwide. Yet its actual impact is still a puzzle, particularly when a ‘full-implementation approach’—which entails the adoption of a strategic approach to Lean dissemination on policy deployment procedures—is used. Focusing on the healthcare sector, this paper presents and tests a comprehensive measurement framework for Lean interventions. The paper explains how Lean testing can help decision-makers to solve managerial issues related to Lean initiatives.     

辅导员角色的本质与优秀辅导员的五大标准

辅导员角色的本质属性即辅导员角色的内涵，它从理论与政策两个方面阐明什么是辅导员，其角色定位是什么，并衍生出其工作范围。在此基础上，提出了新时期辅导员的五大标准。     

MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION POLICIES IN THE EMU: SPILLOVERS, ASYMMETRIES AND INSTITUTIONS

This paper studies the institutional design of the coordination of macroeconomic stabilization policies within a monetary union in the framework of linear quadratic differential games. A central role in the analysis plays the partitioned game approach of the endogenous coalition formation literature. The specific policy recommendations in the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) context depend on the particular characteristics of the shocks and the economic structure. In the case of a common shock, fiscal coordination or full policy coordination is desirable. When anti‐symmetric shocks are considered, fiscal coordination improves the performance but full policy coordination does not produce further gains in policymakers' welfare.     

部分相干高斯—谢尔模光束在负色散介质中的光谱特性

文章利用由部分相干光理论及张量方法推导出的部分相干高斯—谢尔模(GSM)光束在介质中的传输公式,计算分析了部分相干GSM光束在负色散介质中的演化特性.研究结果表明,部分相干GSM光束在负色散介质中传输时会出现光谱分裂和频移现象.     

独立性与报酬、知识与信息,谁更重要 ——基于独立董事监督职能的问卷调查

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