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Analysis of the technical efficiency of barley production in North Shewa Zone of Amhara regional state, Ethiopia

Lema, Tadesse Zenebe; Masresha, Solomon Estifanos; … - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-15

for agricultural transformation. The objective of the current study was to analyze the technical efficiency of barley … average technical efficiency score is found to be 85.06 percent implying that given existing input mix and technology it is … significant effect on the technical efficiency of barley production while distance from the market and marital status (divorced …

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Cereal production practices and technical efficiency among farm households in major "teff" growing mixed farming areas of Ethiopia: A stochastic meta-frontier approach

Birhanu, Fisseha Zegeye; Bimerew, Dawit Alemu - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-33

This study examined the effects of research-based recommended cereal production practices on the technical efficiency … informant interviews. The technical efficiency scores were estimated using the stochastic meta-frontier approach because it … factors related to farm inefficiency. Results showed mean technical efficiency of 58%, implying that the farm households can …

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Outsourcing Efficiency Ofpower Plant Operations in the U.S

Bhattacharya, Mita; Yan, Eric - 2022

The paper analyzes the outsourcing efficiency related to the operation of power plants, considering how power generation efficiency is affected by outsourced operators’ internal communication cost, primary energy source, and the differences in the type of generation, i.e., distributed or...

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Technical Inefficiency and Firm Behavior a Panel Study of Small and Medium Japanese Manufacturing Firms

Ogawa, Kazuo - 2022

This study examines the technical inefficiency of small and medium Japanese manufacturing firms by using panel data from the Basic Survey on Small and Medium Enterprises (2009-2018). We estimate the stochastic frontier production function with four production factors (regular workers,...

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Efficiency Analysis of LICI and Select Private Sector Life Insurance Companies in India - A Comparative Study

Qaiser, Iffat Jahan - 2022

Insurance refers as a contract in which the insured transfers risk of potential loss to the insurer who promises to compensate the former upon suffering loss. The promise is called the insurer and the promise is called the insured. Insurance premium is the monetary consideration paid by the...

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Impact of ISO 14000 on Energy Efficiency : An Analysis of Energy Intensity of Manufacturing Plants in India

Goldar, Bishwanath; Goldar, Amrita - 2022

The paper uses plant-level data for 2008-2015 to examine the impact of the adoption of ISO 14000 on the energy intensity of Indian manufacturing plants. The propensity score matching difference-in-difference (PSM-DID) estimator is used for assessing the effect. The results show that the adoption...

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Technical Efficiency Improvements in the Portuguese Electricity Sector

Hou, Zheng; Roseta-Palma, Catarina; Ramalho, Joaquim J.S - 2022

sector, corresponding to the period of market liberalization. The evidence suggests that productive technical efficiency …Efficiency has long been an issue of concern in the electricity sector. Most existing studies relate technical … efficiency in the electricity sector to policy or environmental factors. The impact of firm operation factors has rarely been …

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Returns to scale, productivity and efficiency in US banking (1989-2000) : the neural distance function revisited

Michaelides, Panagiotis G.; Vouldis, Angelos T.; … - 2022

for technical efficiency estimation based on the widely adopted literature. Fitting the model to a large panel data we … illustrate our proposed approach and estimate the Returns to Scale, the Total Factor Productivity and the Technical Efficiency in …

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Public Bidding in Government Procurement - a New Methodology for Ranking Proposals Using Full Dimensional Efficient Facets of DEA Frontier

LINS, MARCOS ESTELLITA; do Nascimento, Luiz Fernando; … - 2022

This work proposes a methodology to find appropriate weights to be assigned to attributes to evaluate bids for government procurements. The new methodology complies with the European Union procurement directives and provides transparency about the weights’ tradeoffs for attributes in...

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Rationalising inefficiency in dairy production : evidence from an over-time approach

Adamie, Birhanu A.; Hansson, Helena - In: European review of agricultural economics 49 (2022) 2, pp. 433-471

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