Objective: The aims of this study were to determine energy efficiency and CO2 use pattern of grape production in Zanjan province, Iran by a non-parametric method of data envelopment analysis (DEA). Methods: Initial data were collected using a face to face questionnaire from 42 orchards in Abhar city of Zanjan province which is one of the most important centers of grape production in ...

data envelopment analysis (dea) technique was used to analyze the efficiency of farmers, discriminate efficient farms from inefficient ones and to identify wasteful uses of energy for orange producers in khouzestan region. data were collected from 125 watermelon producer by using a face-to-face questionnaire. results revealed that total energy consumption in plasticulture and open-field waterme...

in the commercial banking activities, efficiency is an important issue for the bank managers, monitoring part and clients. this study has appraised the efficiency performance of the commercial banks in iran. the research method has been using windows data envelopment analysis with constant and variable returns to scale and input oriented model at the period of 1991-2006. the sample of study was...

efficiency is defined as a concept that determines the input output ratios in an economic system. data envelopment analysis method is a useful tool to estimate the efficiency of a unit. the purpose of this study was to estimate technical efficiency and to determine return to scale of holstein cattle farms in guilan province. therefore, the information including the number of labor and dairy cow...

introduction: iran's social security organization provides hospital services through direct treatment system (hospitals owned by the organization) and indirect treatment system (purchasing of hospital services and other health care services from other providers). the current research aims to assess technical performance and determine the relationship between activity size and efficiency level o...

In this paper two different DEA models were applied to evaluate the relative efficiency of State Owned Electric Utilities (SOEUs) in India. The DEA method was applied to find the overall efficiency, Technical Efficiency and Scale Efficiency. The Most Productive Scale Size (MPSS) is calculated for the scale inefficient utility. The results and discussions of this paper can be used to assist the ...

This study uses CRR model and BCC model to estimate the technical and scale efficiency of commercial banks in India during the periods 2006-2010. The results indicate that deregulation of banking sector has led to an increase in the efficiency of commercial banks in India. This increase in efficiency of banks in India is not only because of increase in pure technical efficiency but also due to ...

PURPOSE Performance assessments of earthquake medical rapid response teams (EMRRTs), particularly the first responders deployed to the hardest hit areas following major earthquakes, should consider efficient and effective use of resources. This study assesses the daily technical efficiency of EMRRTs in the emergency period immediately following the 2010 Yushu earthquake in China. METHODS Data...

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...