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This chapter considers some of the steps involved in conducting a policy-oriented analysis of managerial performance. It also considers government policies that can be used to target the main drivers of performance. In this book, the term ‘government’ refers to a group of people with the authority to control any variables that are not controlled by firm managers.
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The file can be accessed from http://www.uq.edu.au/economics/cepa/crob2005/software/CROB2005.zip. The file is contained in the folder for Chap. 9.
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O’Donnell, C.J. (2018). Practical Considerations. In: Productivity and Efficiency Analysis. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2984-5_9
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