Resources, innovation and performance in labor courts in Brazil

This article examines the relationships between resources, innovation, and performance in courts. Data from 24 Brazilian labor courts covering the period between 2003 and 2013 were used to develop theoretical/empirical models using Data Envelopment Analysis and stochastic frontier analysis. The resu...

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Published in:Revista de administração pública (Rio de Janeiro) 2018-05, Vol.52 (3), p.486
Main Authors: de Moraes Sousa, Marcos, Tomas Aquino Guimaraes
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Subjects:
Courts
Data envelopment analysis
Economic models
Efficiency
Innovations
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Summary:This article examines the relationships between resources, innovation, and performance in courts. Data from 24 Brazilian labor courts covering the period between 2003 and 2013 were used to develop theoretical/empirical models using Data Envelopment Analysis and stochastic frontier analysis. The results indicate that there was improvement in the performance of the courts during the period examined. This improvement owed more to the adoption of innovations than to variation in technical efficiency. Critical periods for the adoption of the electronic judicial process (in 2006 and 2012) had a negative impact on the index related to innovation adoption. The stochastic model shows that court size and investment in the training of personnel are key factors for explaining the variation in the efficiency of the courts.
ISSN:0034-7612
1982-3134