The Duke’s Hospitable return in Measure for Measure

How to Measure Return on Investment

As a result of the increasing pressure on health care expenditures calculations of the return on investment (ROI) have been attempted in assessing the utility of medical equipment purchases. The measurement of ROI requires an in-depth analysis of equipment cost, cost structure, and medical processes. ROI analysis in health care is more complicated and error-prone than in most other industries. ...

Measure for Measure

Macro measurement is a long and arduous process that impinges upon the system of national accounts. The challenge it raises is driven by the demand of economic policy. In present time the need will arise with sustainable growth that mixes environmental concern and development policy. It calls for no less than a sea change in national accounting, from a system of income and expenditure accounts ...

A Russell Measure for Modeling Environmental Performance

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has been long employed as a popular methodology to evaluate the performance of various production activities with multiple inputs and outputs. However, an important issue is that the production process in the real world inevitably generates undesirable outputs (like wastes and pollutants) along with desirable outputs. Therefore, the undesirable outputs should be ...

The Reeve's Tale: Chaucer's Measure for Measure

Scientific Collaborations: How Do We Measure the Return on Relationships?

Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs), the majority of which are zoonotic, represent a tremendous challenge for public health and biosurveillance infrastructure across the globe. Due to the complexity of zoonotic pathogens, it is essential that research and response to EIDs be a transdisciplinary effort. And while crisis and circumstance may be the initial catalyst for responding to an outbreak, ...