By this paper we intend to analyze the existing gap in the efficiency of R&D investment, at European level. The method … terms of technical efficiency (TE) thus constitutes the main goal of this research. Small European economies (i.e. Luxemburg … and Sweden) have high levels of research efficiency, while some of the larger ones, namely, United Kingdom, France, and …

technical efficiency of Basic Health Units (BHUs) in Sargodha by using the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) with the choice of … inputs and outputs being specific to BHUs operation. DEA model results reveals that the mean technical efficiency under …, Constant Returns to Scale (CRS) and Variable Returns to Scale (VRS) was 0.719 and 0.807 while the mean scale efficiency was 0 …

more to technological change than technical efficiency change. Sample data showed that devaluation of Cfa franc have had a …

investigating for the first time, both cost and profit efficiency of full-fledged Islamic banks and Islamic window operations of … domestic and foreign banks. The application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique has provided several efficiency … measures such as allocative, pure technical and scale efficiency that explain cost and profit efficiency differentials among …

This paper aims to estimate technical and scale efficiency in the Italian citrus farming. Estimation was carried out … Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) model, respectively. Several studies have compared technical efficiency estimates derived from … parametric and non parametric approaches, while a very small number of studies have aimed to compare scale efficiency obtained …

An extended quality-driven efficiency-adjusted data envelopment analysis (QE-DEA) method is developed to measure the … performance of service units. Performance is measured based on efficiency and users’ satisfaction. The extended QE-DEA method … identifies as benchmarks only units that are qualified both in efficiency and satisfaction and ensures that all of the units will …

’ efficiency. A deficiency of DEA is that the efficiency scores assigned to each firm are sensitive to sampling variations … is limited compared to the number of inputs and output. As a result, in case of small samples, DEA efficiency scores … efficiency scores with stochastic properties. However, the DEA Bootstrap is still inappropriate in the presence of small samples …

technique, for the purpose of studying differences in efficiency and technology gap across different regions of the continent … average technical efficiency score of the agricultural sector has been almost stable over time, while a marginal decrease of …

-parametric benchmarking techniques, respectively performance indicators and data envelopment analysis, we compute the efficiency of 37 …

exclusive and exhaustive components of efficiency change and technological change. Additionally, we further decompose the … technical efficiency change into pure technical efficiency change and scale efficiency change. The DEA results guide us in …