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...

Conventional data envelopment analysis (DEA) models consider a system as a single-process 'black box'. There are, however, DEA approaches that consider a system as composed of distinct processes or stages, each one with its own inputs and outputs and with intermediate flows among the stages. In...

This article assesses the relative efficiency of teams participating in Formula One (F1) World Constructors’ Championship. A nonparametric method based on data envelopment analysis (DEA) has been used. The aim is to measure each constructor’s performance, comparing its efficiency...

ResumenEste trabajo analiza el Índice de Desarrollo Humano (HDI), así como también losindicadores similares que tienen en cuenta las diferencias genéricas, entre las mismasdimensiones consideradas en el HDI. Este tema es importante, en primera instancia,por la existencia de diferencias...

In this article, a non-parametric analysis of the efficiency of major international container shipping lines (CSLs) is conducted in order to evaluate the effects of the recent profound global economic crisis on such a crucial sector in seaborne trade. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is applied...

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...

This paper analyses the duration of flight delays at Spanish airports. To do so, several hazard models are adopted to take into account the delays observed. The results show that the most important factors are certain airport characteristics and contextual characteristics. The policy...

Although data envelopment analysis (DEA) has been extensively used to assess the performance of mutual funds (MF), most of the approaches overestimate the risk associated to the endogenous benchmark portfolio. This is because in the conventional DEA technology the risk of the target portfolio is...