The healthcare sector in general and hospitals in particular represent a main application
area for Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). This paper reviews 262 papers of DEA …

In recent years there has been an exponential growth in the number of publications related
to theory and applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Charnes, Cooper, and …

The goal of this article is to give a brief overview of productivity analysis, starting with
general concepts, its importance and a brief historical excursion and then focusing on …

The second edition of this book has been written for the same audience as the first edition. It
is designed to be a" first port of call" for people wishing to study efficiency and productivity …

This article studies the link between subjective well-being and productivity at the aggregate
level, using a matched dataset from surveys and official statistics. Well-being and …

In this paper we examine the levels and trends in agricultural output and productivity in 93
developed and develo** countries that account for a major portion of the world population …

The banking industry in Canada is essentially an oligopoly with five large participants
controlling about 90% of the market. To evaluate the industry's performance over time, we …

As the digital revolution accelerates and expands in the business world, governments must
transform the workforce experience to drive the economy and align it with the changes of the …

Total factor productivity (TFP) can be defined as the ratio of an aggregate output to an
aggregate input. This definition naturally leads to TFP indexes that can be expressed as the …

This paper extends the established literature on modelling the cost characteristics of
banking markets by applying the flexible Fourier functional form and stochastic cost frontier …