Identifying environmental and economic development factors in sustainable entrepreneurship over time by partial least squares (PLS).

This study analyses the impact of environmental and economic factors consolidation on sustainable entrepreneurship over time. A model is proposed that analyses the relations between these factors and sustainable entrepreneurship over time with sustainable development goals performances and the continuation of the businesses index as variables. Using data from 50 countries, a quantitative method based on partial least squares was applied to validate the proposed model. Our findings showed positive and significant relations between environmental and economic factors with sustainable entrepreneurship over time. This implies that the countries which invest more efforts to consolidate their economic and environmental factors obtain higher durability rates for their sustainable entrepreneurship.

Financiación pública, provisión privada: la medida de la eficiencia comparada / No disponible

El establecimiento de criterios específicos y rigurosos para la evaluación de la actividad hospitalariaes de gran importancia, debido al enorme y creciente porcentaje de recursos públicos dedicadosa la salud. Por tanto, para detectar y solucionar potenciales ineficiencias es necesario diseñar un sistemade evaluación del desempeño de la actividad sanitaria. El objetivo de este artículo es el deanalizar la eficiencia de tres servicios sanitarios en hospitales de la comunidad valenciana, para establecerguías de desempeño eficiente. Este artículo compara además el desempeño operativo, tantoen hospitales públicos como en los de provisión privada.Se han seleccionado para el estudio tres de los servicios con mayor lista de espera (Cirugía general,Oftalmología, Traumatología - Cirugía ortopédica) de 22 hospitales de la comunidad valenciana.Para el estudio de la eficiencia se ha utilizado un modelo no paramétrico, concretamente el deanálisis envolvente de datos (DEA) y, complementariamente, se han construido dos indicadoresde eficiencia. Posteriormente se ha utilizado el análisis discriminante para comprobar la eficacia dedichos indicadores, los cuales se presentan como una metodología alternativa y más sencilla que elmodelo DEA.En conclusión, este artículo ofrece una metodología alternativa a la medida de la eficiencia de laactividad hospitalaria. Una metodología de gran sencillez operativa, tanto para la administraciónsanitaria como para la gerencia hospitalaria, y de gran utilidad en un contexto de coexistencia dehospitales públicos y de concesión administrativa(AU)

Establishing specific and thoroughly researched criteria for the evaluation of a hospital’s activity isvery important because there is an enormous and increasing amount of public resources dedicatedto healthcare. Thus, in order to discover and improve potential inefficiencies, a system for evaluating healthcare performance must be designed. With this goal in mind, this paper has aimed to analyzeefficiency in three health services units of the Valencian hospitals and to establish appropriate guidelinesfor efficient performance. This article also compares the operational performance in both publicand private hospitals.Three of the healthcare services units having the highest average waiting list out of 22 hospitalswithin the Valencian Region were selected (general surgery, ophthalmology, traumatology-ortopedicsurgery). A nonparametric methodology, specifically the DEA model (Data Envelopment Analysis)was used. As a complement, two efficiency indicators were constructed. Then a discriminate analysiswas used to verify the effectiveness of these two indexes, which are presented as an alternativemethod to the DEA model and one that is easier to use.In conclusion, this paper offers an alternative tool for evaluating the performance of hospital activity.This method is very easy to use, both for the hospital management and for the health administrationand is very useful within the context of coexistence of public hospitals and those of administrative concession(AU)