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50 Years of ERIC
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Comparing Efficiency in a Cross-Country Perspective: The Case of Italian and Spanish State Universities
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Agasisti, Tommaso; Perez-Esparrells, Carmen – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2010
The growing internationalization of European Higher Education requires more emphasis on cross-country comparisons. In this paper, an efficiency analysis of Italian and Spanish universities is conducted; as well as from a comparative perspective. The efficiency scores are obtained using data envelopment analysis. The results demonstrate a good…
Descriptors: State Universities, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Financial Support
Reforming the University Sector: Effects on Teaching Efficiency--Evidence from Italy
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Agasisti, Tommaso; Dal Bianco, Antonio – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2009
In this article, we analyse the effects of teaching reforms in Italy. These were introduced in 1999, and changed the entire organization of university courses, where the Bachelor-Master (BA-MA) structure was adopted. The first step is to define the production process of higher education (HE). This process consists of several inputs (professors,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Efficiency
Strategic Management Accounting in Universities: The Italian Experience
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Agasisti, Tommaso; Arnaboldi, Michela; Azzone, Giovanni – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2008
This paper presents an investigation of management accounting in four major Italian universities, which have been struggling to build their strategy in a context of significant change. Following many OECD countries the Italian government has been changing its higher education system by giving more autonomy to universities. These changes pose a…
Descriptors: Universities, Strategic Planning, Accounting, Decision Making