envelopment analysis (DEA) and the Malmquist index, this study measures the efficiency of public schools in Colombia and their …Identifying how efficient public schools are - that is, the academic performance they can generate with the available … productivity evolution. The sample includes 3,854 public schools and standardized test records for students in 9th and 11th grade …

restructuring performance indicators for the privatized firms. For manufacturing, the study sample consists of 30 large … competition, and productive efficiency of the privatized holdings. The results suggest that privatization and entry competition in … power generation have had a positive effect on the privatized utilities' efficiency and investment. With respect to thermal …

restructuring performance indicators for the privatized firms. For manufacturing, the study sample consists of 30 large … competition, and productive efficiency of the privatized holdings. The results suggest that privatization and entry competition in … power generation have had a positive effect on the privatized utilities' efficiency and investment. With respect to thermal …

This chapter defines the concepts of this Handbook - performance, productivity, efficiency, and profitability - and … discusses the interrelations. The most prominent performance measure, total factor productivity growth, is grounded in activity … a component of the Farrell efficiency measure, but it is the other way round: The sway of Debreu's coefficient is far …