The analysis of efficiency in the management of urban water services offers valuable
information both for the managers of this service and for public bodies in order to introduce …

This paper surveys the literature on scale and scope economies in the water and sewerage
industry. The magnitude of scale and scope economies determines the cost efficient …

Over the past twenty years there has been increasing interest in the productivity and
efficiency of, and the optimal structures for, the water supply and wastewater industries. In …

Despite extensive discussion of environmental management for hotels, little research has
been done on the hotel industry's green supply chain management. This study uses the …

Network losses and returns are importantissues for water resource management, that are
addressed in thispaper by modeling the structure of production for municipal waterutilities …

Economic regulation affects us all, sha** how we access essential services such as water,
energy and transport, as well as how we communicate with one another in the digital world …

This paper updates the literature on water utility benchmarking studies developed
worldwide, focusing on scale and scope economies. Using meta-regression analysis, the …

The behavioral and stochastic cost frontier functions are applied to estimate cost inefficiency
by farms. The behavioral approach satisfies most of the assumptions of dual cost function …

Adjusting for the operational environment in studies of performance measurement is very
important, otherwise the analysis may lead to unrealistic scores, especially when its …

Decision makers must keep in mind that water services have an invaluable 'price'for the
public budget and society's welfare. However, due to the specific features of the service …