Search Results - subject:"Benchmarking"

A lean environmental benchmarking (LEB) method for the management of cutting tools

Tomelero, Roberto Luiz; Ferreira, João Carlos Espíndola; … - In: International journal of production research 55 (2017) 13/14, pp. 3788-3807

Operational conditions in regulatory benchmarking models : a Monte Carlo analysis

Nieswand, Maria; Seifert, Stefan - 2016

Benchmarking methods are widely used in the regulation of firms in network industries working under heterogeneous … study provides orientation to adopt new benchmarking methods given industry characteristics. …

Estimating alternative technology sets in nonparametric efficiency analysis : restriction tests for panel and clustered data

Neumann, Anne; Nieswand, Maria; Schubert, Torben - 2016

Nonparametric efficiency analysis has become a widely applied technique to support industrial benchmarking as well as a …

Ranking the socioeconomic and environmental framework of European Union farms: A network analysis

Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues - 2018

The context of European Union farms is markedly diverse. This is verified when, for example, several dimensions of the agricultural sector are analyzed, considering variables related with economic, social, or environmental dynamics. Indeed, frequently the farms in EU countries present relevant...

Ranking the socioeconomic and environmental framework of European Union farms : a network analysis

Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues - 2018

Satisfaction of European tourists$bbenchmarking of EU countries

Štumpf, Petr; Vojtko, Viktor; Valtrová, Barbora - In: Global business and finance review 23 (2018) 1, pp. 1-14

Benchmarking

Chambers, Christopher P.; Miller, Alan D. - In: Theoretical economics : TE : an open access journal in … 13 (2018) 2, pp. 485-504

theory recommends benchmarking, a method under which an individual is deemed more accomplished than another if and only if …

CLASSIFICATION OF BENCHMARKING TYPES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF BANKS

Bykhova, O. - In: Economics of Development 71 (2014) 3, pp. 15-18

The definition of benchmarking is clarified based on banking specifics. Benchmarking is considered as a process of … competitive advantage in the banking market. In order to improve the procedure of applying benchmarking to the activities of banks …, the basic classification features were systematized and identified and peculiarities of application of benchmarking types …

When it comes to container port efficiency, are all developing regions equal?

Suárez-Alemán, Ancor (contributor); … - 2015

This paper develops a port productivity and efficiency analysis of all developing regions between 2000 and 2010, using both parametric and nonparametric approaches. From a unique dataset -our sample covers 70 developing countries, 203 ports, and 1,750 data points-, we carry out an analysis of...

The efficiency of educational production : a comparison of the Nordic countries with other OECD countries

Bogetoft Pedersen, Peter; Heinesen, Eskil; Tranæs, Torben - 2015

Focusing in particular on upper secondary education, this paper examines whether the relatively high level of expenditure on education in the Nordic countries is matched by high output from the educational sector, both in terms of student enrolment and indicators of output quality in the form of...