In the discussion of the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, the use of hydrogen as an energy carrier in different parts of the transport sector is regarded as one option to reduce transport-based emissions. In this context, the selection of an efficient pathway from production to consumption...

Production takes place in complex networks. An important question is how the efficiency of the whole network is related to that of the individual production units forming the network. A general network production theory with following characteristics is developed. Analysed networks may possess...

Input Output Analysis is a powerful tool to formally analyze the economics of service production in business terms. Through its methodology, it is able to integrate different approaches from other disciplines and address their shortcomings in terms of production theory. This review paper...

Assessing the sustainability of products is an intricate task that requires a thorough understanding of the underlying supply chains. Prominent challenges are the integration of the environmental, the economic, and the social dimension of sustainability as well as the consideration of spatial...

The paper presents a new framework to assess firm level heterogeneity and to study the rate and direction of technical change. Building on the analysis of revealed short-run production functions by Hildenbrand (1981), we propose the (normalized) volume of the zonotope composed by vectors-firms...