The bullwhip effect has drawn the attention of supply chains researchers due to the inefficiencies that this phenomenon generates upstream in the supply chain. Various factors that facilitate its appearance have been identified in the literature. However, in spite of current practices and new...

Assessing the changes over time in the efficiency of firms participating in competitive markets has always been a major concern to researchers and experts alike. With respect to the US wireline telecommunications sector, recent changes in unbundling regulations, as well as intermodal competition...

The Human Development Index is a summary measure of Human Development on three basic dimensions:longevity, knowledge and standard of living. An index is computed for each of these three dimensions and a simple average computed. In this paper we adopt a Non-Compensatory perspective that considers...

In this paper, after reviewing different indexes proposed for measuring the status of women, a list of 39 indicators along four dimensions are identified from two up-to-date database sources. Since the aim is to include in the analysis as many countries as possible and in order to minimize the...

This paper presents an application of data envelopment analysis for analysing the performance of a number of spanish municipalities in terms of the amount of glass recycled. The inputs considered are the number of glass containers assigned to each municipality on one hand and the population and...

In this paper, linear production games are extended so that instead of assuming a linear production technology with fixed technological coefficients, the more general, non-parametric, DEA production technology is considered. Different organizations are assumed to possess their own technology and...