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Burney, Nadeem A.; Johnes, Jill; Al-Enezi, Mohammed; Al-Musallam, Marwa – Education Economics, 2013
This paper investigates the technical, and allocative efficiencies of public schools in Kuwait over four levels of schooling (kindergartens, primary, intermediate and secondary) and two periods (1999/2000 and 2004/2005) using data envelopment analysis. Mean pure technical efficiency varies between 0.695 and 0.852 across all levels of education;…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Foreign Countries, Efficiency, Data Analysis
Lee, Wen-Chieh – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation consists of three studies on the development of information technology (IT) industry in Korea and Taiwan. Using industry-level data from those countries, I would like to investigate why similar economies would take different paths toward developing their industries. The first chapter, "Span of Control and Production…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Productivity, Efficiency
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Zhao, Jensen J.; Zhao, Sherry Y. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2010
As the entry-level information technology jobs could be easily outsourced offshore, the demand for U.S. employees who are innovative and productive in information technology (IT) project design, development, and management is growing among U.S. companies. This controlled experiment presents how a model of integrating students' intelligence…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Intelligence Quotient, Gender Differences, Creativity