...Justo de Jorge‐Moreno; Lucia Isabel Garcia‐Cebrian Throughout this research, efficiency levels of the European railway industry are analyzed using non‐parametric methods. A sample of 21 companies is used, in the timeframe of 1984‐1995. The aim of the paper is the analysis of the influence...

... pressures, and submits that the drive for productivity and efficiency is just the same. Explores the nature of the interdisciplinary knowledge‐base of business education in a pan‐European context, and how the product is developed and the way new courses are structured. Shows how and where new knowledge...

... scheme was approved and implemented in 1986. This new scheme is also an efficient way of renewing well-established performance standards because it immediately brings into focus the right issues and concerns such as: Reliability of the refinery operation measured in running hours Yield structure...