This research employs the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Malmquist index approaches to evaluate the efficiency and Total Factor Productivity (TFP) changes of Thai banking system in the period of 2007-2010 using panel data of 27 major banks in Thailand. This paper shows that the global...

This study develops a biennial Malmquist–Luenberger  productivity index that is used to measure the sources of economic growth by utilizing data envelopment analysis and the directional distance function. Taking restrictions on resources and the environment into account based on the green...

In this paper, we have proposed a general approach to obtain a projection of the nearest targets and minimum distance for a given unit. The method takes undesirable output into account. The idea behind it is that nearest targets and minimum distance lead to less variation in inputs and outputs...

Economic, social and environmental dimensions are usually accepted as the three pillars of sustainable development. However, current methodologies for the assessment of the sustainability of product systems fail to cover economic, environmental and social parameters in a single combined...

China is experiencing a high speed economic development which may exert great pressure on the environment and energy systems. To measure the environmental and energy performance during the economic development process, this paper selected 30 provinces, cities or autonomous regions as the...

The car manufacturing industry, one of the largest energy consuming industries, has been making a considerable effort to improve its energy intensity by implementing energy efficiency programs, in many cases supported by government research or financial programs. While many car manufacturers...

Environmental assessment has recently become an important business concern because consumers are interested in environmental protection. They try to avoid purchasing products from dirt-imaged companies, which do not pay attention to environmental protection, even if their prices are much less...

This study uses the EU public power generating sector as a case study to investigate the environmental efficiency and productivity enhancing performance of the European Union's CO2 Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) in its first phase. Using Data Envelopment Analysis methods, we measure the...

In this study a non-parametric method of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is used to estimate the energy efficiencies of soybean producers based on eight energy inputs including human labor, diesel fuel, machinery, fertilizers, chemicals, water for irrigation, electricity and seed energy and...

Over the last few years concerns have increased about the energy mix in many countries. These concerns have been of greater magnitude for countries with a common energy regulation such as European Union (EU) member states. An important aspect to take into account when choosing a given energy mix...