(2013). " Using Data Envelopment Analysis to support the design of process improvement interventions in electricity distribution ". Abstract — A significant number of studies have documented the use of Data Envelopment Analysis for efficiency measurement in the context of electricity distribution, particularly at the level of the distribution utilities. However, their aim has been predominantly...

This stuely aflempts to measure the prodllctivi~y of Ihe life insurance inelustry by employing the non-parametric Malmquist Index approach. The ]inding shows that despite the productivity growth in the insurance industry, it is relatively loll' compared to the real economic growth experienced by Malaysia. Like the mallufacllfring sectol; thefurure growth of this indusll~y 1V0uld depend on its a...

this study is conducted to measure the actual efficiency comparison of life insurance company between bangladesh and malaysia. total 15 life insurance companies’ were selected for the study where 10 conventional life insurance companies’ from bangladesh and 5 takaful lifeinsurance companies’ from malaysia. authors tried toindicate the problems and way to get exact solutions by using data envelo...

Electricity generation in thermal power plants as the largest producer of electricity in Iran is associated with greenhouse gas emissions. In this paper, using the Malmquist-Luenberger method, green productivity, and efficiency changes are measured for 31 thermal power plants (including 12 steam power plants, 13 gas power plants, and six combined cycle power plants) during 2009-2016. The result...

abstract in the past few years, diversification has turned into a highly controversial issue amongst numerous managers in almost each and every business. it is contended by many that diversification is vitally important and highly effective especially when it comes to evaluating the financial performance. there are several studies about the relationship between diversification and financial per...

When considering the linkage between innovation and productivity, the relationship is often termed as the knowledge production function in the endogenous growth literature. In this article, we approach the issues involved through the aspects of the standard neoclassical production theory. The advantage is that the basic properties required of ordinary production function can be employed to infe...

This paper attempts to determine alternative methods of benchmarking the efficiency of electric companies to aid the regulator in crafting policies in enticing them to pursue more efficient production. This paper utilizes the data of electric cooperatives (ECs) in the Philippines, the one in charge of missionary electrification yet the smallest and most heavily indebted part of distribution sec...

OBJECTIVE Township hospitals (THs) are important components of the three-tier rural healthcare system of China. However, the efficiency and productivity of THs have been questioned since the healthcare reform was implemented in 2009. The objective of this study is to analyse the efficiency and productivity changes in THs before and after the reform process. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS A total of...

In many organizations and financial institutions, we don't always have acsses to inputs and outputs to evaluate the decision-making units (DMUs), but rather only a ratio of inputs to outputs ( or reverse) might be available. In DEA, cost efficiency determines input standards based on input costs. In multi-stage network DEA processes, in addition to input standards, cost efficiency would determi...

Our paper reports on the use of data envelopment analysis (DEA) for the assessment of performance of secondary schools in Malaysia during the implementation of the policy of teaching and learning mathematics and science subjects in the English language (PPSMI). The novelty of our application is that it makes use of the hybrid returns-to-scale (HRS) DEA model. This combines the assumption of con...