Stochastic Non-smooth Envelopment of Data (StoNED) is a semi-parametric and stochastic method of efficiency measurement …

NPAs into the measurement of bank efficiency to provide a holistic efficiency profile of the Indian banking sector. We …This paper addresses the concerns regarding the sustainability of the banking sector in India prompted by the recent … unintended high level of non-performing assets (NPAs). It uncovers the linkage between NPAs and banking efficiency by integrating …

institutions are looking for ways to cut costs and to increase their efficiency in production. This paper proposes a new … efficiency are applied, whereas each is analysed by a distinct DEA approach. The results document not only the existence of …

, for determining efficiency in the presence of radial and nonradial inputs or outputs. Further extension of the scheme … occurred to address nonseparable desirable and undesirable outputs. Applying the model to measure the overall efficiency of U … overall management and environmental efficiency between 1996 and 2000 …

The paper reviews the application of the data envelopment analysis (DEA) method for measuring the efficiency of … cross-country analysis of NIS efficiency with DEA technique. In its main part the paper analyses the specifications of DEA … studies on cross-country analysis of national innovation systems efficiency using DEA method pay little attention to profound …

integrating environmental aspects into productive efficiency evaluation with Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). In particular, it is …

This study aims at comparing the Pakistan's Tak ful and conventional insurance companies in terms of efficiency and …. However, technical efficiency components show improving trends. Results further indicate that Takful firms are more efficient … efficiency. However, we do not find any considerable contribution of technology to improve overall productivity. The study …

consequences of nonsubstitutability on DEA efficiency estimates, and we develop new efficiency indicators that are similar to those … that encompass fixed proportion technologies, we compare DEA efficiency estimates with those of the new indicators. The … examples demonstrate that DEA efficiency estimates are biased when inputs and outputs are nonsubstitutable. The degree of bias …

This chapter conducts a review of the literature dealing with overall public sector performance and efficiency, it … defines a methodology to assess public sector efficiency and it creates a novel and large cross-sectional panel dataset of … government indicators and public sector efficiency scores. The focus is on a balanced sample covering all 36 OECD countries over …