MasoodBadri UAE University and Abu Dhabi Education Council Tarek El Mourad Asma Al Rashedi why I’m included!! Abu Dhabi Education Council Khaled Al Share Qatar University ABSTRACT This research measures and compares the efficiency of Abu Dhabi secondary public schools using data envelopment analysis (DEA). It seeks to identify an appropriate list of inputs and outputs for evaluating the efficiencies of schools in urban areas. Several scenarios were developed using different combinations of inputs
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Research paper on Linear Programming Problem Productivity growth and efficiency change in Indian banking: Technology effect vs catch-up effect Name: Gajanan S Ghadlinge Roll No. 18, MMS-I Document Information: | Title: | Productivity growth and efficiency change in Indian banking:Technology effect vs catch-up effect | Author(s): | Lakshmi Kumar, Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), ChennaiD. Malathy, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras
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developing micro-enterprises (ME). We use the sample of Baitul Mal Wat Tamwil (BMT), as Islamic microfinance institution in Indonesia. Two approaches will be used to explore the sustainability, i.e., technical efficiency (using data envelopment analysis (DEA) and level of outreach. The results indicate that: first, generally the efficiency of BMTs is relatively low. Scale efficiency also indicates that BMTs are operated still far from optimal scale. The results suggest that there is gap in efficiency scores
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Medical Marijuana: More than a High Your Name COM/220 – Research Writing 8/2/2012 Instructor Name There has been much debate over the years about whether marijuana should be legalized for medical purposes. There are many arguments both for and against this issue. This paper will present facts to support the legalization of medicinal marijuana. It will also go over the arguments against the medical use of marijuana and show why these ideas are invalid. This can be a very morally based
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Enticed by the reform of Indian banking sector in the early 1990s and further slowdown in the economy as a result of global financial crisis in late 2000s, the current study analyzes the performance of Indian banks using data envelopment analysis. The performance is measured in terms of technical efficiency, returns-to-scale, and Malmquist productivity index for a sample of 33 banks, consisting of 19 public sector and 14 private sector banks during the period spanning 1995-96 to 2009-10. The jackknifing
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The digital copy of this thesis is protected by the Copyright Act 1994 (New Zealand). This thesis may be consulted by you, provided you comply with the provisions of the Act and the following conditions of use: you will use the copy only for the purposes of research or private study you will recognise the author's right to be identified as the author of the thesis and due acknowledgement will be made to the author where appropriate you will obtain the author's permission before publishing any material from the
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insightful editorial contributions on earlier drafts of this media policy brief. We are also grateful for the research and organizational assistance of our resourceful and talented interns: Dorota Kazcuba, Nate Vaagen, Ben Murray, Davide Morisi and Liam O’Neill. In addition, Jim Killock and Mark Margarattan contributed to stimulating discussion during the project’s expert meeting on ‘File-sharing, the DEA and its implementation’. The LSE Media Policy Project is funded by the Higher Education Innovation Fund
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Final Paper 8/31/15 GS2745: Advance Strategies for the Technical Professional What do I plan on doing with my degree? Well, this first degree is an Associate’s in NSA which is Networking System Administrator. I would like to find a job in this field as an entry-level. The reason behind that decision is because; I really do not have the hands on experience as most of my classmates. I have always believed in the start of a good foundation, and I think I should start from the bottom and build myself
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started to see a increase with jobs like police, parole, and probation officer. Also on July 1, 1973, President John Nixon created the Drug Enforcement Administration(DEA) through a executive. President Nixon said "in order to establish a single unified command to combat "an all-out global war on the drug menace"(DEA 1973: 1). As today our DEA agency have over 5,000 agents and still continue to grow. There are over 765,000 police officers, which is a major increase since 1970. More police officers mean
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the Terminally Ill Rebecca Clements University of Phoenix Research Writing (Axia) - COM220 Farah Briones, MSC May 11, 2010 The issue of cannabis as a controlled substance has and is debated throughout the years. This paper looks at patients’ testimonies, doctors concerns of medical ethics, their medical oath and the medical decisions between the physicians and patients terminally ill or at end stage of life, science and research developments and the arguments that cannabis in its natural
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