This article assesses the relative efficiency of teams participating in Formula One (F1) World Constructors’ Championship. A nonparametric method based on data envelopment analysis (DEA) has been used. The aim is to measure each constructor’s performance, comparing its efficiency...

In this article, a non-parametric analysis of the efficiency of major international container shipping lines (CSLs) is conducted in order to evaluate the effects of the recent profound global economic crisis on such a crucial sector in seaborne trade. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is applied...

Conventional data envelopment analysis (DEA) models consider a system as a single-process 'black box'. There are, however, DEA approaches that consider a system as composed of distinct processes or stages, each one with its own inputs and outputs and with intermediate flows among the stages. In...

Assessing the changes over time in the efficiency of firms participating in competitive markets has always been a major concern to researchers and experts alike. With respect to the US wireline telecommunications sector, recent changes in unbundling regulations, as well as intermodal competition...