measures can be viewed as measures of productivity and/or efficiency. Linking fields as diverse as index number theory, data … change that are consistent with measurement theory. It then discusses ways in which meaningful measures of productivity … change can be decomposed into measures of technical progress, environmental change, and different types of efficiency change …

envelopment analysis (DEA), a useful technique for understanding productivity and efficiency. It can provide guidance to the …An Overview of the Pharmaceutical Sector in India -- The sources of Heterogenity in the Efficiency of Indian … Pharmaceutical Firms -- Comparing Efficiency Across Various Groups of Firms: A Meta-Frontier Approach -- Examining the Efficiency …

Productivity in Ecuador -- Hierarchical performance and unobservable heterogeneity in health: A dual-level efficiency approach …This proceedings volume examines state-of-the art of productivity and efficiency analysis and adds to the existing …, dynamics of productivity change, measures of labor productivity, measures of technical efficiency in different sectors …

? -- Chapter 10. Flexible Functional Forms and Curvature Conditions: Parametric Productivity Estimation in Canadian and US … efficiency analysis. It showcases a selection of the best papers from the 9th North American Productivity Workshop. These papers … on theoretical and empirical research in areas including productivity, production theory and efficiency measurement in …

This book provides a detailed insight into productivity, efficiency and growth in the Chinese economy, and offers …

. Aktivitätsveränderungen auf und gibt dem Leser eine Antwort auf die Frage „Wie sich Effizienz und Produktivität bei Aktivitätsänderungen … verhalten“. Im klassischen Selbstbewertungsfall demonstriert er anhand von deutschen Dreispartentheatern, dass sowohl Effizienz … können Verbesserungsbemühungen hingegen in einem Zielkonflikt zwischen Effizienz und Produktivität münden – die jeweiligen …

Competition and Efficiency in the Mexican Banking Industry contributes to the understanding of competition policy in … the Mexican banking system and explains how levels of competition relate to the efficiency of banks …

, estimation and aggregation of efficiency indices. …Economists have long studied the efficiency of firms, industries, and entire economies. This volume brings together … leading scholars to make connections between efficiency and a number of diverse areas of current interest to economists …

Introduction: Theme, Objectives and Structure of the Book -- Methodology: Frontier Efficiency Measurement Techniques … -- Literature Review on Efficiency Studies in the Public Sector -- Applications to German Local Governments -- Summary and …