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The Economics of Benchmarking

Measuring Performance for Competitive Advantage

For businesses seeking to gain the edge over their competitors, benchmarking is an increasingly popular tool used to compare operations and performance. Ten Raa elegantly presents the techniques and theory to explain how performance indices and rankings are developed and how they can be used to improve efficiency, productivity and profitability.

Ten Raa elegantly presents the techniques and theory to explain how performance indices and rankings are developed and how they can be used to improve efficiency, productivity and profitability.

Input-output Economics

Theory and Applications : Featuring Asian Economies

Thijs ten Raa, author of the acclaimed text The Economics of InputOCoOutput Analysis, now takes the reader to the forefront of the field. This volume collects and unifies his and his co-authors'' research papers on national accounting, InputOCoOutput coefficients, economic theory, dynamic models, stochastic analysis, and performance analysis. The research is driven by the task to analyze national economies. The final part of the book scrutinizes the emerging Asian economies in the light of international competition. Sample Chapter(s). Introduction (45 KB). Chapter 1: National Accounts, Planning and Prices (108 KB). Contents: National Accounts: National Accounts, Planning and Prices; Commodity and Sector Classifications in Linked Systems of National Accounts; Accounting or Technical Coefficients: The Choice of Model in the Construction of InputOCoOutput Coefficients Matrices; The Extraction of Technical Coefficients from Input and Output Data; Neoclassical and Classical Connections: On the Methodology of InputOCoOutput Analysis; The Substitution Theorem; Dynamic InputOCoOutput Analysis: Dynamic InputOCoOutput Analysis with Distributed Activities; Applied Dynamic InputOCoOutput with Distributed Activities; Stochastic InputOCoOutput Analysis: Primary Versus Secondary Production Techniques in US Manufacturing; Stochastic Analysis of InputOCoOutput Multipliers on the Basis of Use and Make Tables; Performance Analysis: A Neoclassical Analysis of TFP Using InputOCoOutput Prices; Competition and Performance: The Different Roles of Capital and Labor; The Canadian Economy: A General Equilibrium Analysis of the Evolution of Canadian Service Productivity; The Location of Comparative Advantages on the Basis of Fundamentals Only; Asian Economies: Competitive Pressures on China: Income Inequality and Migration; Competitive Pressure on the Indian Households: A General Equilibrium Approach; and other papers. Readership: Economists at research institutes and universities, national accountants, graduate students in economics, and trade policy analysts."

This volume collects and unifies his and his co-authors'' research papers on national accounting, InputOCoOutput coefficients, economic theory, dynamic models, stochastic analysis, and performance analysis.

The Economics of Input-Output Analysis

Input-output analysis is the main tool of applied equilibrium analysis. This textbook provides a systematic survey of the most recent developments in input-output analysis and their applications, helping us to examine questions such as: which industries are competitive? What are the multiplier effects of an investment program? How do environmental restrictions impact on prices? Linear programming and national accounting are introduced and used to resolve issues such as the choice of technique, the comparative advantage of a national economy, its efficiency and dynamic performance. Technological and environmental spillovers are analysed, both at the national level (between industries) and the international level (the measurement of globalisation effects). The book is self-contained, but assumes some familiarity with calculus, matrix algebra, and the microeconomic principle of optimizing behaviour. Exercises and review questions are included at the end of each chapter, and solutions at the end of the book.

The book is self-contained, but assumes some familiarity with calculus, matrix algebra, and the microeconomic principle of optimizing behaviour.