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Small is beautiful: deutsche Chemieunternehmen schrumpfen sich produktiv

Badunenko, Oleg - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 32, pp. 542-545

In der deutschen Chemieindustrie ging die Zahl der Beschäftigten von 1992 bis 2004 deutlich zurück, und die durchschnittliche Unternehmensgröße sank von 824 auf 433 Beschäftigte. Die Triebfeder dieser Entwicklung war weniger die Beseitigung technischer oder organisatorischer Ineffizienzen....

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Downsizing in German chemical manufacturing industry during the 1990s: why small is beautiful?

Badunenko, Oleg - 2007

German chemical manufacturing industry is marked by two major structural changes during 1992-2004. Firstly, number of firms was ranging extensively: from 676 to 901, while only 96 firms represented balanced panel. Secondly, size of the firm dropped considerably-by 88%. This paper is intended to...

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From transition to competition: dynamic efficiency analysis of Polish electricity distribution companies

Cullmann, Astrid; von Hirschhausen, Christian R. - 2007

the panel: the nonparametric data envelopment analysis (DEA), the free disposal hull (FDH), and, as a parametric approach …

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Farrell revisited: Visualising the DEA production frontier

Førsund, Finn R.; Kittelsen, Sverre A. C.; … - 2007

The contributions of the paper are threefold: i) compare with mathematical rigour the Charnes, Cooper, and Rhodes DEA … functions, representing the contemporary development of visualisation. By making suitable cuts through the DEA frontier in …

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Returns-to-scale properties in DEA models: The fundmantal role of interior points

Krivonozhko, Vladimir; Førsund, Finn R. - 2009

Attempts can be found in the DEA literature to identify returns to scale at efficient interior points of the production …

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Improving efficiency through consolidation of jurisdictions? Evidence from the Cantons of Switzerland

Widmer, Philippe K.; Elias, George; Zweifel, Peter - 2012

Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to the years 2000 to 2004. Aggregate output performance indicators for four local government activities … (administration, education, health, and transportation) are used to measure technical and scale efficiency and to derive DEA scores …

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