Educational spending in the Netherlands – a thorough analysis of the indicators

Written by Denisa Călin on April 5, 2010. Posted in Around the world, Articles, KPI

According to a new press release from Statistics Netherlands, “in the period 1997–2007 real expenditure by subsidized educational institutes increased by 9 billion euro, from 20 to 29 billion euro. Some 3.2 billion euro can be attributed to changes in demography and participation in education, and 5.8 billion euro to increased spending per participant” (Statistics Netherlands, 2010).

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KPI examples in practice: Yarra Trams – Melbourne – Australia

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on April 3, 2010. Posted in Around the world, Articles, KPI

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Performance measurement and KPI selection in the library services sector

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on March 29, 2010. Posted in Articles, KPI

With an estimated number of 122.566 establishments of all kinds (public, academic and school libraries) only in the Unites States (American Library Association, 2010), the public library sector is of major importance for the long-term development of the mankind, collecting and making available for use valuable sources of information people need and use in all-related aspects of life.

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Measuring loyalty with KPIs: Facebook vs. Google

Written by Denisa Călin on March 25, 2010. Posted in Articles, KPI

According to a report from global information services company Experian Hitwise, Facebook visitors are more loyal to News and Media websites than are visitors from News.Google.com. “In particular, among the top 5 Print Media websites in the week ending March 6, 2010, 78% of Facebook.com users were returning visitors compared to 67% from Google News. The figures are almost identical for Broadcast Media, with a 77% returning rate for Facebook.com compared to 64% for Google News.”

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Facebook overtakes Google, becoming the most visited website in US . For now…

Written by Denisa Călin on March 24, 2010. Posted in Around the world, Articles, KPI

In the second week of March 2010, Facebook surpassed Google in the US and became the most visited website for the week, according to a report from Experian Hitwise, a global information services company. Facebook accounted for 7.07 % of all Web traffic in the United States in that week, while Google accounted for 7.03 % of all traffic. This marks the first time Facebook has posted a weekly traffic volume over Google.

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