..., and bioenergy in terms of GROT. Our model also considers environmental concerns over biodiversity and CO₂ emissions from burning biomass. We apply the network DEA model to measure the revenue efficiency of forest production of Swedish forests using a panel consisting of 20 counties and covering...

... apply DEA to obtain relative plant efficiency based on plant output (sales revenue) and inputs that include various labour quantities, representing different productive activities, and non-labour operating costs. Our second stage relates relative plant efficiency obtained in the first stage to plant...

.... The three-stage approach of conducting inference with managerial ability begins with the first-stage estimation of firm-efficiency with inputs and outputs. The second stage removes the impacts of contextual variables on the firm-efficiency to construct managerial ability. The third stage uses the measure...

... property–casualty insurers efficiency DEA As one important sector of the financial services industry, the insurance industry has unique business models to deal with risks. The uncertainty and complexity inherent to managing risk through underwriting, reserving, claims settlement, and reinsurance...

... to their unique production approach. We use the banking-specific production function operating-based approach to estimate bank efficiency using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). We also identify and evaluate contextual factors as determinants of the relative technical efficiency using OLS. The estimated residuals...

... specifications which is followed by a second stage analysis, carry out a sensitivity analysis regarding the price of quality and determine the shadow price for quality. We conclude that the definition of capital costs (book values versus annuities) exerts a much stronger influence on efficiency scores than...

...Mette Asmild; Francisco Imperatore This paper first, based on a thorough review of the relevant literature, provides a general discussion of some of the many aspects one should consider when using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to measure the efficiency of software development. It then contains...