Most livable cities – The Economist Intelligence Unit 2009 “Quality of Life Ranking”

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on March 22, 2010. Posted in Articles, KPI

Evaluating city livability is an important aspect of local government performance management. One of the most popular approaches is the one used by the Economist Intelligence Unit in preparing the “Quality of Life Ranking”.

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2010 IPL – Indian Premier League and the Castrol Cricket Index

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on March 18, 2010. Posted in Articles, KPI

In a previous post we have presented a new approach for measuring performance in cricket: The Castrol Cricket Index.

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Email use remains strong despite social media buzz

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on March 17, 2010. Posted in Around the world, Articles, KPI

Merkle, a US based provider of fully integrated customer marketing solutions, released at the beginning of 2010 a ten page report with the title “View from the Social Inbox 2010 – Actionable Information for Marketers“.

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All time high for New York City high school graduation rate

Written by Denisa Călin on March 13, 2010. Posted in Around the world, Articles, KPI

In a recent press release, the Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein announced that New York City’s four year high school graduation rate rose to all time high of 63 % in 2009.

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The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)

Written by Denisa Călin on March 10, 2010. Posted in Around the world, Articles, KPI

The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) is an international ranking system applied to universities around the world, being published starting with 2003, and updated on an annual basis, by the Center for World-Class Universities and the Institute of Higher Education of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.

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