Study attempts to measure the efficiency level and its determinants of a sample of microfinance institutions operating in India by applying stochastic frontier approach for unbalanced panel of 40 microfinance institutions for the 2005-08. It has been found that mean efficiency level of...

This paper disaggregates and explores the components of efficiency that contribute to the change in output, scale of production and technical efficiency of sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh. The efficiency concept defines the maximum level of output that can be obtained by using the same level of...

This paper disaggregates and explores the components of efficiency that contribute to the change in output, scale of production and technical efficiency of sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh. The efficiency concept defines the maximum level of output that can be obtained by using the same level of...

The present study examines the Overall Technical Efficiency (OTE), Pure Technical Efficiency (PTE) and Scale Efficiency (SE) of six sample companies – Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL), Oil and Natural Gas...