Determinants of transient and persistent hospital efficiency: The case of Italy
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DOI: 10.1002/hec.3557
Abstract: In this paper, we extend the 4-random-component closed skew-normal stochastic frontier model by including exogenous determinants of hospital persistent (long-run) and transient (short-run) inefficiency, separated from unobserved heterogeneity. We apply this new model to a… read more here.
Keywords: hospital; inefficiency; transiently inefficient; efficiency ... See more keywords
Managerial and program inefficiency for European meat manufacturing firms: A dynamic multidirectional inefficiency analysis approach
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DOI: 10.1007/s11123-017-0519-1
Abstract: This paper proposes a dynamic multidirectional inefficiency analysis approach within the context of Data Envelopment Analysis to measuring input- and investment-specific managerial and program inefficiency for groups of firms characterized by different technologies. Dynamic managerial… read more here.
Keywords: dynamic multidirectional; program inefficiency; analysis; inefficiency ... See more keywords
The potential for short-term energy efficiency improvement in Canadian industries
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DOI: 10.1007/s12053-019-09821-y
Abstract: Canada has joined the few countries that have adopted carbon tax in an effort to mitigate CO2 emissions. Since consumption of fossil fuels is the primary source of CO2 emissions, the key mechanism for business… read more here.
Keywords: carbon tax; energy; inefficiency; energy inefficiency ... See more keywords
Estimating and decomposing overall inefficiency by determining the least distance to the strongly efficient frontier in data envelopment analysis
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DOI: 10.1007/s12351-017-0339-0
Abstract: This paper proposes a new method to measure economic inefficiency of decision making units based on the calculation of the least distance to the Pareto-efficient frontier in data envelopment analysis. While all previously published approaches… read more here.
Keywords: least distance; frontier data; inefficiency; data envelopment ... See more keywords
Carbon neutral growth from 2020 strategy and airline environmental inefficiency: A Network Range Adjusted Environmental Data Envelopment Analysis
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.04.072
Abstract: In this paper, we analyze the impacts of the Carbon Neutral Growth from 2020 strategy (CNG2020 strategy) on airline environmental inefficiency based on the predicted data of 29 international airlines during 2021–2023. The data is… read more here.
Keywords: network; airline; environmental inefficiency; inefficiency ... See more keywords
Measuring cost inefficiency: A dual approach
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2021.02.012
Abstract: Abstract Total cost inefficiency comprises technical inefficiency and allocative inefficiency. Measuring cost inefficiency with these two components has been challenging both theoretically and empirically. Current literature has provided some solutions. However, these solutions are restricted… read more here.
Keywords: inefficiency; cost inefficiency; approach; inefficiency dual ... See more keywords
Endogeneity, heterogeneity, and determinants of inefficiency in Norwegian crop-producing farms
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2018.04.023
Abstract: Abstract This paper addresses the endogeneity of inputs and output (which is mostly ignored in the stochastic frontier (SF) literature) in the SF panel data model under the behavioural assumption that firms maximize returns to… read more here.
Keywords: heterogeneity; crop producing; norwegian crop; inefficiency ... See more keywords
Inefficiency predictions in a hypoid gear pair through tribodynamics analysis
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DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2017.11.035
Abstract: A tribo-dynamics model, predicting the conjunctional inefficiency and dynamic response of automotive hypoid gear pairs is presented. A dynamics model is coupled with an analytical friction model (viscous and boundary). The temperature rise at the… read more here.
Keywords: topography; analysis; predictions hypoid; hypoid gear ... See more keywords
Measurement of production inefficiency in a technology and inefficiency heterogeneity setting
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2020.1738327
Abstract: ABSTRACT This study shows how the estimates of production inefficiency and of the marginal effects of its determinants can be distorted if not accounting for technology and inefficiency heterogeneity. This is achieved by employing a… read more here.
Keywords: inefficiency heterogeneity; heterogeneity; inefficiency; technology ... See more keywords
Key sources of operational inefficiency in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
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DOI: 10.1108/scm-02-2019-0076
Abstract: Purpose: This study explores the downstream Pharmaceutical Supply Chain (PSC) and provides insight to the delivery process of medicines and associated operational inefficiencies. Design/methodology/approach: An exploratory, qualitative approach was adopted to examine PSC inefficiency within… read more here.
Keywords: supply; pharmaceutical supply; inefficiency; supply chain ... See more keywords
Measuring farmers' dynamic technical and udder health management inefficiencies: The case of Wisconsin dairy farms.
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DOI: 10.3168/jds.2020-18656
Abstract: This study measures the dynamic technical and udder health management inefficiencies of a sample of Wisconsin dairy farms. Udder health management inefficiency is defined as a farmer's failure to achieve lower levels of milk somatic… read more here.
Keywords: management; udder health; health management; inefficiency ... See more keywords