Search Results - subject:"Efficiencies"

Malmquist indices of productivity change in Botswana's financial institutions

Moffat, Boitumelo; Valadkhani, Abbas; Harvie, Charles - In: Global Business and Economics Review 11 (2009) 1, pp. 28-43

The productivity and efficiency of the financial sector is pivotal to the attainment of economic growth and development in developed and developing economies alike, and is of particular interest in the wake of financial sector reform and restructuring. This study applies the Malmquist...

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Solar heating by radiant floor: Experimental results and emission reduction obtained with a micro photovoltaic–heat pump system

Izquierdo, M.; de Agustín-Camacho, P. - In: Applied Energy 147 (2015) C, pp. 297-307

An experimental research with a solar photovoltaic thermal (PVT) micro grid feeding a reversible air–water, 6kW heating capacity heat pump, has been carried out from December 2012 to April 2013. Its purpose is to heat a laboratory that is used as a house prototype for the study of...

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Applying the New Metafrontier Directional Distance Function to Compare Banking Efficiencies in Central and Eastern European Countries

Huang, Tai-Hsin; Chiang, Dien-Lin; Tsai, Chao-Min - In: Economic Modelling 44 (2015) C, pp. 188-199

comparable technical efficiencies for banks under different technologies relative to the potential technology available to the … the form proposed by Battese and Coelli (1995). The new MDDF is then applied to examine and compare bank efficiencies of … the estimated technology gap dominates technical efficiencies. Bank managers are suggested to swiftly adopt new financial …

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Closed-form solution for a bivariate distribution in stochastic frontier models with dependent errors

Gómez-Déniz, Emilio; Pérez-Rodríguez, Jorge - In: Journal of Productivity Analysis 43 (2015) 2, pp. 215-223

This paper proposes a bivariate continuous model based on normal–half normal distributions for testing the independence of idiosyncratic and inefficiency terms in the stochastic frontier model in a maximum likelihood framework. This model allows us to construct a closed-form of the marginal...

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Applying the new metafrontier directional distance function to compare banking efficiencies in Central and Eastern European Countries

Huang, Tai-hsin; Chiang, Dien-Lin; Tsai, Chao-Min - In: Economic modelling 44 (2015), pp. 188-199

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Closed-form solution for a bivariate distribution in stochastic frontier models with dependent errors

Gómez-Déniz, Emilio; Pérez Rodríguez, Jorge V. - In: Journal of productivity analysis 43 (2015) 2, pp. 215-223

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Whether crop diversification is a desired strategy for agricultural growth in Bangladesh

Rahman, Sanzidur - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2008

. Specifically, the existence of economies of diversification, scale economies and diversification efficiencies at the farm level …

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"Demand Response" in a networked market : a tool for achieving energy and environmental efficiencies

Bergaentzlé, Claire; Clastres, Cédric; Khalfallah, Haikel - In: Revue d'économie industrielle 148 (2014) 4, pp. 193-228

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Poverty, Poverty Reforms for Resource-use and Economic Efficiency: Neglected Issues

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2007

It is widely believed that in developing countries, open-access to natural resources, inadequate private property rights, and lack of development of market systems adds to the incidence of poverty. Increased economic efficiency is seen as a powerful force for reducing the extent of poverty in...

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Understanding efficiencies behind logistics service providers' green offerings

Isaksson, Karin; Huge-Brodin, Maria - In: Management Research Review 36 (2013) 3, pp. 216-238

Purpose – Awareness of environmental impacts on society is increasing among companies. In order to turn environmental problems into business opportunities, many companies are beginning to consider how environmental, or green aspects can be integrated into their service offerings. This...

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