Value of Queensland's Not-For-Profit Sector: Its Sustainability and Economic Contribution

Sustainability and its Economic Interpretations

Application of Economic Value Added in Banking Sector of Iran

Economic Value Added, or EVA is one of the popular tools that bankers can use to measure the financial performance of their bank. EVA helps management to conduct internal goal-setting. The long-term goal is preferred than short-term implications. It measures the company’s financial performance based on the residual wealth calculated by deducting its cost of capital from its operating profit, ad...

The Economic Performance of For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Hospitals

Investor-owned hospital systems have grown rapidly in the 1970s and 1980s. Policy-makers are concerned about the changes in the access to and quality of hospital care that may be caused by this development. These concerns are predicated on the belief that for-profit hospitals perform differently than not-for-profit hospitals. This research examines the economic performance of for-profit and not...

Knowledge management in the not-for-profit sector

Economic and Social Value of Irrigation Water: Implications for Sustainability

The economic value of irrigation water was determined through Contingency Valuation Method and Crop-Water Production function during wet and dry season of paddy cultivation. Factors namely, area under rice and water requirement influenced the willingness to pay for water by farmers. Social values of farmers’ over water were found to be high. The comparison of the economic value of water estimat...