... administrative and financial autonomy to public hospital managers may cause efficiency and productivity losses, which is contrary to expectations. Originality/value This study is the first to reveal the impact of decentralization of public healthcare providers on their performance levels in Turkey. Hasan...

...Bayram Şahin; Gülnur İlgün; Seda Sönmez Purpose This study aims to identify the efficiency scores of hospitals affiliated to the Ministry of Health in Turkey between the years of 2010–2015 at provincial level and to reveal the factors that affect the efficiency scores. Design/methodology...

... Benchmarking Turkey Small to medium‐sized enterprises Continuous improvement Six sigma World class manufacturing To remain competitive without the need for large new investments is difficult for companies to deal with, even within the developed world. Consider how difficult it must...

... while asserting the general applicability of findings. In contrast the survey reported here was conducted in a newly industrialising country, Turkey, focusing on small to medium‐sized manufacturing enterprises. Key personnel in 41 companies were questioned about the priorities of cost, quality...