The second chapter is a study of current theories of appraisal firms performance assessment.

第二章是资产评估机构绩效考核评价的理论综述。

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Though little evidence of any direct effect was found, the frequent negative correlations between IT and performance suggested that IT had probably weakened some firms' competitive positions.

虽然没有发现任何直接影响的证据，但 IT 与业绩之间频繁的负相关关系表明，IT 可能削弱了一些公司的竞争地位。

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Firms' human resources, in and of themselves, did explain improved performance, and some firms gained IT-related advantages by merging IT with complementary resources, particularly human resources.

公司的人力资源本身确实解释了绩效提升的原因，一些公司通过将 IT 与互补资源，特别是人力资源相结合，获得了 IT 相关的优势。

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Kapor was one of the earliest investors in two Internet Access firms, Performance Systems International (now PSINet) and UUNet Technologies, which merged with MFS Communications, which in turn was sold to WorldCom.

FORBES: The up and comers

Much like Manhattan apartment brokers who resist putting their best properties on a central listing service, PE firms use performance measurements like multiple of investment or internal rate of return that make it virtually impossible to compare one fund against another unless they started the same time and have had similar cash inflows and outflows.

FORBES: The Top 50 Dealmakers

Many firms now offer performance-based pay and other incentives, such as stock options, only to certain categories of worker, and keep the performance-related component small.

ECONOMIST: Still work to be done