This article contributes to the efficiency literature by defining, in the context of the data envelopment analysis framework, the directional distance function approach for measuring both technical and scale inefficiencies with regard to the use of individual inputs. The input-specific technical...

Decision making in companies requires an assessment of the efficiency and productivity of individual inputs to provide insights into the scope for improvement of inputs׳ use. This paper estimates an input-specific Luenberger productivity growth indicator that can be decomposed to identify the...

The measurement of environmental inefficiency that assesses economic sectors’ performance integrating the production of both marketed (good) outputs and the negative environmental externalities (bad outputs) is an increasingly important focus of recent economic research. This study assesses...