individualscores to study school efficiency. My final essay applies a standard DEA model and theMalmquist productivity index to …This dissertation consists of four essays which investigate efficiency analysis, especiallywhen non …-discretionary inputs exist. A new approach of the multi-stage Data EnvelopmentAnalysis (DEA) for non-discretionary inputs, statistical …

Using a sample of 1154 European firms from 11 countries, we show that firm-levelexchange exposure for Eurozone and non-Eurozone … European firms has increased sincethe introduction of the euro, but this rise was smaller for Eurozone than non … Eurozone countries, so the advent of the euroappears to have been associated with a shift in exchange risk from systematic to …

design and costing of a double-flash 25-megawatt plant using water at 325 F gave a capital cost of $678/kwh, a fuel cost of … 63?/M Btu and a unit power cost of 46 mills/kwh. The conversion efficiency of the plant, including hydraulic turbine … energy from the well head overpressure, was 10.3%. This low efficiency accounts for the high unit power cost. A one-well, 1 …

The energy service company (ESCO) business model could become significantly more effective by integrating the energy-efficiency … purveyor and their capital into the underlying building ownership and operation partnership, rather than the current model in … effectiveness of capital improvements aimed at reducing utility costs in commercial and residential income properties. Conventional …

wood costs. Both calculation methods include a return on equity capital in the costs. The thermal efficiency of the plant … included in this study. The plant location is Newport, Oregon. The capital cost for the plant is $120,830,000 - September 1980 … basis. Methanol production costs which allow for return on capital have been calculated for various wood prices for both …

, labor demand, and human capital. Topics discussed also include wage and employment determination, turnover, search …

performance measures. Using data envelopment analysis (DEA), we work with an approach that allows a flexible designation of inputs … different views from the stakeholder universe can be summarily captured in DEA scores. A numerical example on Chinese commercial …

Customer Service Representative resource allocation efficiency of a major Canadian bank’s model. Two DEA models are proposed … results and the Bank’s performance ratios and benchmarks, validating the use of the proposed DEA models for resource …, (1) to evaluate the Bank’s national branch network in the context of employment only, by minimizing Full Time Equivalent …

de Análise Envoltória de Dados (DEA), que se baseia em programação matemática. Como insumos foram utilizados pessoal … process of opening up trade caused impacts on the efficiency of the states in the industries of furniture, as well as the … impact on physics productivity. To achieve that goal, we used the model of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), which is based on …

The technical efficiency indexes for the rural producer from the central region of SantaCatarina’s western side have …. The methodology used in thequalitative analysis was the Data Envelopment Analysis-DEA, and the data used for such analysis … weregathered by means of a semi-structured questionnaire. Twelve out of the fifty-eight analyzed properties didreach the efficiency …