compare several models using directional distance functions. There are wide variations in the efficiency scores between the … difference in abatement factor does not result in wide variations in the efficiency scores. Our results show that there are wide … differences in the efficiency scores among prefectures. Copyright Springer 2012 …

Die Effizienz der Hochschulen in den Flächenländern Ost und West liegt im Durchschnitt auf annähernd gleichem Niveau … Universitäten und Fachhochschulen. Zur Bestimmung der Effizienz werden zwei Ansätze, die Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) sowie die …

The aim of this study is to develop a performance model for measuring relative efficiency and potential improvement … capabilities of Nepali banks by scrutinizing intermediation aspects. For measuring the efficiency and performance, this paper uses … fulfill its objectives. This paper seeks to measure and analyze the efficiency levels of banks in Nepal during 2007-08 to 2010 …

methodological debate in the nonparametric literature on production technology and efficiency. The first main discussion is about the …

-power-plant database, we illustrate shortcomings, under by-production, of two popular efficiency indexes: the hyperbolic and directional …-distance-function indexes. We propose and implement an alternative index with superior properties. Under by-production, most efficiency indexes … decompose very naturally into intended-production and environmental efficiency indexes. This decomposition is difficult to find …

-Malmquist index are used to derive technical efficiency, and changes in productivity and efficiency, for directly managed hospitals in … efficiency analysis, has hospital individual relevance. The Malmquist index reveals productivity improvement for 7 out of the 8 … measure efficiency. However, very few works are published for Italian hospitals, despite the fact that efficiency was the main …

In this study, the nature and extent of efficiency and productivity growth in the US truckload (TL) carriers is …, allows productivity changes to be decomposed into two categories: technical efficiency changes, and technological changes … investigated using non-parametric techniques. To analyse efficiency trends, a DEA window analysis is conducted on publicly …

The present study examines technical efficiency patterns in Ukraine’s crop sector for 1991-1996. The economic and … pressures on efficiency. Enterprise privatization and the liberalization of prices and trade put upward pressure on technical … efficiency, whereas start-stop land privatization efforts, unpredictable government intervention, and slow developments in the …

This paper examines the technical efficiency and productivity of 81 firms of the Indian pharmaceutical industry. The … study found that technical efficiency and productivity are higher in the product patent regime than in the process patent …' productivity improved as a result of technical efficiency gains. The results of three-stage data envelopment analysis identified …

The goal of this paper is to analyze changes in productivity and their relation with variations in citizens’ perceived …-2004. To assess changes in productivity the Malmquist indices and Data Envelopment Analysis methodology are used, completing … the analysis with bootstrap procedures. The average results show a rise in productivity accompanied by a drop in citizens …