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EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF PRODUCERS’ORGANIZATIONS (CASE OF SOUTH EASTERN AND CENTRAL PLANNING REGIONS OF BULGARIA)

ZAIMOVA, DARINA - In: Perspectives of Innovation in Economics and Business (PIEB) 4 (2010) 1, pp. 41-44

efficiency in production. The application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) to the same …

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Assessing productivity performance of basic and secondary education in Tunisia: a Malmquist analysis

AFONSO, António; AYADI, Mohamed; RAMZI, Sourour - ISEG - School of Economics and Management, Department … - 2013

We analyze the productivity changes in basic and secondary education for 24 governorates in Tunisia over the period 2004-2008. In methodological term, we employ the Malmquist index, to estimate changes in total factor productivity which can be decomposed into two main components namely,...

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The Economic Meaning of Data Envelopment Analysis: a "Behavioral" Perspective

De Rock, Bram; Cherchye, Laurens - European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and … - 2013

We reconsider the motivation of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), the non-parametrictechnique that is widely employed … conventional engineering motivationof DEA can be problematic since it often builds on unverifiable production axioms. Wethen … provide a dual viewpoint and highlight the `behavioral' interpretation of DEA models.We start from a specification of the …

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Terminal units in DEA: Definition and Determination

Krivonozhko, Vladimir; R. Førsund, Finn; V. Lychev, Andrey - Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo - 2011

Applications of the DEA models show that inadequate results may arise in some cases, two of these inadequacies being: a …) too many efficient units may appear in some DEA models; b) a DEA model may show an inefficient unit from the point of view … concept of a terminal unit is introduced for such units. A method for improving the adequacy of DEA models based on terminal …

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Indigenous R&D Effectiveness and Technology Transfer on Productivity Growth: Evidence from the Hi-Tech Industry of China

Qazi, Ahmar Qasim; Zhao, Yulin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The study employs the panel data of 15 hi-tech industries over the period of 2000-2010 in order to examine the effectiveness of R&D with respect to productivity change and indentify the significant contributing factors with intensity in the Chinese hi-tech sector. The Malmquist Productivity...

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Environmental efficiency measurement when producers control pollutants under heterogeneous conditions: a generalization of the materials balance approach

Eder, Andreas - Agricultural Land Markets - Efficiency and Regulation - 2020

This article provides a generalization of the materials balance-based production model introduced by Coelli et al. (2007). Based on this, some new environmental efficiency (EE) measures are presented. The Coelli et al. (2007) EE measure and its extension by Rødseth (2016) produce biased...

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A benchmarking methodology for metalcasting industry

Ribeiro, Laura M.M.; Sarsfield Cabral, J.A. - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 13 (2006) 1/2, pp. 23-35

Purpose – To provide the basis for the development of a specific benchmarking methodology for the foundry industry. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology was developed with the support of the Portuguese Foundry Association (APF). The project was structured in two stages: developing...

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Comparative evaluation of practices: lessons from R&D organizations

Mrinalini, N.; Nath, Pradosh - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 13 (2006) 1/2, pp. 214-223

Purpose – To highlight a few critical issues related to indicators that are used to compare organizational practices. Design/methodology/approach – The approach is as follows: to compare the efficacy of qualitative and quantitative indicators; objectivity in identification of processes and...

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Productivity and quality of Dutch hospitals during system reform

Ineveld, Martin van; Oostrum, Jeroen van; Vermeulen, Rob; … - In: Health care management science 19 (2016) 3, pp. 279-290

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Measuring efficiency in US teaching hospitals associated with quality variables

Choi, Jeong Hoon; Oh, Dong-Hyun - In: International journal of business and systems research 12 (2018) 2, pp. 162-180

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