В работе для оценки структурной эффективности расходной части государственных бюджетов предлагается сравнивать ранговые распределения бюджетных...

This paper applies a stochastic frontier approach to analyze the evolution of technical efficiency in manufacturing as a source of regional growth, taking as a unit of analysis the Mexican states in the period 1988-2008. The main findings of our analysis are threefold. First, technical...

This paper uses the data envelopment analysis (DEA) technique tool to explore the efficiency of various sectors in the Spanish economy. The findings demonstrate that Spain's public sector is inefficient in using capital and labour. By contrast, however, the country's finance sector is the most...

This paper applies a stochastic frontier approach to analyze the evolution of technical efficiency in Mexican manufacturing and its effect on the labor productivity gap among states over the period 1988-2008. The model allows for heterogeneity in technological development by introducing...

Large wind turbine blades are being developed at lengths of 75–100 m, in order to improve energy capture and reduce the cost of wind energy. Bending loads in the inboard region of the blade make large blade development challenging. The “biplane blade” design was proposed to use a biplane...

In a recent paper by Li and Cheng [Li,S.K., Cheng, Y.S., 2007. Solving the puzzles of structural efficiency. European Journal of Operational Research 180(2), 713–722], they developed the shadow price model to solve the existing puzzles of structural efficiency theoretically. However, we...

This book seeks to reveal to the reader the extent to which theconcept of productivity has been subject to abuse andmisunderstanding by different interest groups, provides a solidplatform for defining and calculating productivity in all differentindustries and situations and finally shows the...