Does Certifying Foreign Qualifications Lead to Better Immigrant Skills Utilization?

Does Exporting Lead to Better Performance ?

Exporting involves sunk costs, so some firms export whilst others do not. This proposition derives from a number of models of firm behaviour and has been exposed to microeconometric analysis. Evidence from the latter suggests that exporting firms are generally more productive than non-exporters; they self-select in that they are more productive before they enter export markets; but entry does n...

Does scarcity lead to better integrated care?

Editorial Does scarcity lead to better integrated care? This is an attractive idea. The argument is that shortage of resources should motivate professionals to share these effectively, and this inevitably means integration. Examples include war leading to social cohesion in uniting against a common enemy. In World War II efficient use of scarce food resources through rationing led to improvemen...

Does Software Process Ambidexterity Lead To Better Software Project Performance?

Plan-based and agile software development processes seem diametrically opposed in their approaches, with the former emphasizing discipline and control and the latter promoting flexibility and improvisation. Similar tensions in organizational contexts where efficiency versus flexibility considerations simultaneously jostle for management attention has led to the recognition that ambidexterity or...

Electronic fetal monitoring: does it really lead to better outcomes?

Radical prostatectomy: does higher volume lead to better quality?

Over the past decade, the U.S. health care system has witnessed rapid and dramatic changes in the financing and organization of health services. These shifts have been accompanied by extensive public policy discussions over whether cost containment can be achieved while preserving the quality of health care. Health care providers and researchers have recognized that there is insufficient knowle...