outputs when measuring system efficiency, but also the internal structure of the system being analyzed. By analyzing the … efficiency of individual internal components, and more particularly by studying the effects of relationships among components … production and operations management. The existing models for measuring the efficiency of systems of specific network structures …

profitability of the life insurance companies using measures of efficiency and competition. By helping regulatory authorities …: Sample of Life Insurance Companies -- References -- 3 Life Insurance in India: Efficiency and Profitability -- 3 … Efficiency -- 3.3.3 Measuring Profitability -- 3.4 Empirical Results and Discussion -- 3.4.1 Descriptive Statistics -- 3 …

Introduction -- Data Envelopment Analysis -- DEA in the Public Sector -- Input-Oriented Efficiency Measures in … Australian Schools -- Output-Oriented Efficiency Measures in Australian School -- Productivity Measurement. … Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The book focuses on estimation of technical, allocative and scale efficiency in the public …

Chapter 1. Estimating Efficiency in the Presence of Extreme Outliers: A Logistic-Half Normal Stochastic Frontier Model … -- Chapter 12. Contribution of Productivity and Price Change to Farm-level Profitability: A Dual Approach Analysis of Crop … -- Chapter 14. Quantile DEA: Estimating qDEA-alpha Efficiency Estimates with Conventional Linear Programming. …

The second edition of An Introduction to Efficiency and Productivity Analysis is designed to be a general introduction … for those who wish to study efficiency and productivity analysis. The book provides an accessible, well … efficiency and productivity analysis in a well-motivated presentation. (3) It provides detailed advice on computer programs that …

&D investment and Solow-type technical progress, using the non-parametric methods of efficiency analysis, also known as Data …