The history of governments and businesses in this world could be validly summed up as the pursuit of efficiency. A good government is an efficient government that does the most with the littlest public resources and delivers the most value to citizens. Of course, achieving this level of perfection is impossible but governments around the world are giving it a shot, while being put under pressure by citizens for the highest levels of transparency, efficiency, frugality, value-for-money. For companies, shareholders want the highest returns, and even today, with the development of management theories, and the transition to the stakeholder paradigm, companies try to achieve an intricate mix of efficiency between their obligation to shareholders and other stakeholders.

