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This volume offers a collection of studies on problem of organization´s efficiency, criteria for evaluating the efficiency, tools and methods for measuring the efficiency. The articles included present an interdisciplinary look at efficiency, its essence and the principles of its measurement. The contributions also identify a broad spectrum of conditions for achieving efficiency in various types of organizations and systems (e.g. public institution, non-profit organizations), representing various industries. The book collects selected papers presented at the 7th International Conference "Efficiency as a Source of the Wealth of Nations", held in Wroclaw, Poland, in May 2017.

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Tadeusz Dudycz is a professor of finance at the Faculty of Computer Science and Management at the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology. His areas of expertise include financial analysis, valuation, management accounting, capital markets.

Grazyna Osbert Pociecha is a professor of Economics. She works in the Department of Business Economics at the Wroclaw University of Economics. Her scientific and research interests focus on issues related to change management, flexibility of organization and also to paradoxes and dilemmas in management.

Bogumila Brycz is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Computer Science and Management at the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology. Her research interests include financial analysis, value management and valuation, capital market.

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