Ports are the major gateways of cities. Background: Sustainable growth requires ports to prioritize efficiency while balancing economic, social, and environmental goals. There is limited synthesized evidence on the sustainability evaluation of ports, including those of North America. In this...

This paper makes an initial attempt to account for differences in the technologies used by women- and men-run businesses, that is, technological “heterogeneity,” for better understanding productivity differences between the two groups. The paper applies meta frontier analysis to the...

This paper examines the effect of women’s political empowerment on public spending efficiency in developing countries. Using a large panel of 126 developing countries over 1995–2021, the paper constructs public spending efficiency scores based on Stochastic Frontier Analysis, capturing...

This study investigates technical efficiency scores and performance change patterns by applying the tourism-induced Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to the Eurozone from 1996 to 2019. The study uses direct employment in tourism and capital investment spending directly related to the travel and...

This study examines the efficiency and productivity of public education expenditure in 20 countries using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and the Malmquist Productivity Index over the period 2011-2023. Focusing on science and mathematics performance at the primary and lower-secondary levels, the...

this paper explored the impact of market competition on the industry 4. O (I4.O) technology adoption in Indian small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The research seeks to explore the competitive pressure between SMEs firms always influence digital changes with different technological...

Efficiency refers to the performance level corresponding to using minimal inputs to achieve the maximum possible outputs. Despite its importance to the Canadian economy, such performance assessments has rarely been undertaken in the hardware retail industry in recent years. We present the...

The level of government support significantly influences the performance of European railways. However, prior analyses have largely focused on the sector as a whole, neglecting the distribution of public budget contributions between the upstream infrastructure manager and downstream service...

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered unprecedented economic disruptions, raising critical questions about the resilience and adaptability of macroeconomic productivity across countries. This study examines the impact of COVID-19 on macroeconomic efficiency and productivity dynamics in 37 OECD...

This study evaluates the operational efficiency of accredited private healthcare facilities in Italy, a sector increasingly complementing the public National Health Service. Unlike previous studies that aggregate public and private providers, this research focuses exclusively on private...

The Oil and Gas (O&G) sector is essential to the global energy supply, yet it still struggles with inefficiencies caused by conventional, paper-driven decision-making processes in its supply chain. This study aims to assess the integration of blockchain technology as a strategic solution to...

Background: This study develops a decision-making framework for the identification and performance preservation of strategic products using a non-parametric analysis of items within the product portfolio. Methods: Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and the sensitivity analysis of Inverted Data...

The escalating pressures of population growth, surging global energy needs, water shortages, reliance on fossil fuels, and urban air pollution underscore the critical demand for sustainable energy alternatives. Biofuels present a viable solution, yet their successful adoption hinges on an...

Achieving universal and equitable access to water and sanitation remains a critical challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). This paper assesses the efficiency of public spending in providing water and sanitation services across Colombian municipalities. Efficiency levels are...

The inquiry examines the data envelopment analysis based efficiency analysis among green finance, energy transition, coal subsidy, energy elasticity and energy dependence in E7 economies. Accordingly, the research used E7 countries' data from 2010 to 2019 and examined the results with the data...

This study investigates how a KPI-based incentive system can enhance behavior alignment and operational performance in complex port environments, addressing the growing need for data-driven governance in public logistics operations. The research analyzes a two-year dataset from 145 navigation...

Background: The competitiveness of Indonesia's Muslim fashion industry requires evaluation through both internal efficiency and external strategic factors, yet existing approaches often assess these dimensions separately. Methods: This study develops a Weighted Efficiency Competitive Score...

Providing a unique estimation model of the efficiency score for a bank branch has long been a primary concern for bank managers, who frequently reject efficiency studies because they contend that a single perspective evaluation cannot adequately display the multifunctional nature of...

This study presents a novel Full Multiplicative Data Envelopment Analysis (FMDEA) for solving Multi-Attribute Decision-Making (MADM) problems. The proposed model offers an innovative approach to solving MADM problems by integrating the principles of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) with Full...