...Francisco Rodríguez y Silva; Armando González-Cabán We propose an economic analysis using utility and productivity,and efficiency theories to provide fire managers a decision supporttool to determine the most efficient fire management programs lev-els. By incorporating managers’ accumulated fire...

...A.L. Kehinde; T.T. Awoyemi; B.T. Omonona; J.A. Akande This study quantified technical efficiency and the determinants of observed technical inefficiency of sawmills in Nigeria. A two-stage sampling technique was used to select 170 sawmillers in Ondo and Osun states, while questionnaire was used...

... the need for adjusting conventional measures that ignore the non-marketed benefits of pollution abatement activities. The results also consistently indicate the presence of substantial differences in the regional levels of technical efficiency. Regional industries have not enjoyed similar rates...