In productivity and efficiency analysis, the technical efficiency of a production unit is measured through its distance … viewed as additive (rather than multiplicative) measures efficiency. Directional distance functions are not restricted to non …

efficiency achieved under different ownership structures in the US hospital industry. Unfortunately, this literature offers no … functions are used to measure technical efficiency of hospitals producing multiple outputs relative to other hospitals in the …

, though their average size has also risen. We investigate changes in the efficiency and productivity of US credit unions … cost and scale efficiency, and changes in technology. We find that cost-productivity fell on average across all credit …

in analyses of productive efficiency. The distributions of these estimators remain unknown except in the simple case of …

in analyses of productive efficiency. The distributions of these estimators remain unknown except in the simple case of …

The issue of quality and its relationship with efficiency and performance is a crucial operational issue in many fields …