Organized by: Politecnico di Milano \u2013 Department of Management, Economics and
\nIndustrial Engineering
\nLocal Organizer: prof. Tommaso Agasisti
\nJoint Organizer: prof. Kristof De Witte, KU Leuven and Maastricht University<\/p>\n
Call for papers
\nImproving the efficiency of public organizations is a major challenge in the context of public\u00a0finance and economic development, where fiscal consolidation has become an essential\u00a0characteristic of any reform. Budgetary reforms are today inspired by the ability to reward\u00a0performance; and among them, the ability to transform inputs (human and financial\u00a0resources) into outputs (public services of a given quality).\u00a0While such emphasis is different between specific subsectors (i.e. health care, education,\u00a0elderly services, unemployment services, country-level and local governments, public\u00a0service utilities, etc.), shared characteristics make the discipline of studying public sector\u00a0efficiency a common one: the necessity of defining the concepts of \u2018technical\u2019 and\u00a0\u2018allocative\u2019 efficiency, the development of theoretical frameworks about the determinants\u00a0of efficiency, the use of qualitative and quantitative techniques for estimating efficiency\u00a0levels.
\nThe purpose of the Workshop is to focus on specific challenges for the educational sector,\u00a0bringing together scholars from various disciplines and fields, for debating together about\u00a0the present and future challenges in the area of educational efficiency and performance\u00a0measurement, and policy and managerial implications of the results obtained by ongoing\u00a0research.
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\nThe Workshop is the fourth of a series of academic meetings focused on efficiency analysis\u00a0in education, the previous ones being hosted in Greece (Thessaloniki), United Kingdom\u00a0(London) and Belgium (Leuven) in 2013, 2014 and 2015 respectively. The 2016 Workshop\u00a0explicitly aims at placing the discourse about the efficiency required in educational provision\u00a0within the wider debate on public spending efficiency and effectiveness. For this reason, the\u00a0Workshop welcomes theoretical, methodological and empirical papers that use qualitative\u00a0and quantitative techniques for assessing the efficiency of organizations operating in various\u00a0areas cognate to education.<\/p>\n
Submission
\nProspective participants can also propose not only single papers, but also entire sessions,\u00a0that can share thematic interests or methodological communalities. In this case, please\u00a0indicate the name of the Chair responsible for organising the session.\u00a0Extended abstracts (max 3\/4 pages) or full papers must be submitted by email to\u00a0tommaso.agasisti@polimi.it by July 1st, 2016.\u00a0Notification of acceptance will be sent out by July 15th, 2016.
\nImportant Dates
\nJuly 1th: \u00a0Deadline for abstract submission
\nJuly 15th: \u00a0Notification of acceptance
\nOctober 1st: \u00a0Fee payment and registration and full paper submission
\nOctober 20th and 21st Workshop<\/p>\n
Venue
\nPolitecnico di Milano School of Management, Department of Management, Economics and\u00a0Industrial Engineering, via Lambruschini 4b, 20156 Milano (MI) \u2013 Italy.<\/p>\n
Fees
\nThe participation to the Workshop is subjected to the payment of a fee of \u20ac 150.00, which\u00a0includes the cost of the conference dinner. The payment must be realized online through\u00a0the Workshop\u2019s website (www.efficiencyworkshop.polimi.it).<\/p>\n
Contacts
\nProf. Tommaso Agasisti (tommaso.agasisti@polimi.it)
\nEng. Mara Soncin (mara.soncin@polimi.it)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Organized by: Politecnico di Milano \u2013 Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering Local Organizer: prof. Tommaso Agasisti Joint Organizer: prof. Kristof De Witte, KU Leuven and Maastricht University Call for papers Improving the efficiency of public organizations is a major challenge in the context of public\u00a0finance and economic development, where fiscal consolidation has become … <\/p>\n