Efficiency Measurement in Data Envelopment Analysis

Biresh Sahoo

ISBN 10: 3843389659 / ISBN 13: 9783843389655

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Mär 2011, 2011

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Neuware -In a competitive environment most of the business firms face an irritatingly limited supply of resources. This has led to a significant emphasis on the efficient utilization of their resources. This present monograph discusses the uses of various variants of data envelopment analysis (DEA) models for evaluating firm efficiency in different industries. In this volume, we first contrast both frontier translog production function and DEA for estimating returns to scale and efficiencies by applying them to data on Indian Steel industry. Second, we use DEA to estimate the technical efficiency of a number of firms in the Indian pig and sponge iron industry. The methods of cross-efficiency matrix, distribution of virtual inputs, and returns to scale are also used to get further insights. Third, DEA is applied to 28 Indian Sunrise Industries to measure their technical progress. The method is further used to find out the lagging and/or surpassing periods, which reflect their change in technical efficiency. Finally, DEA is used to decompose productivity growth of the Indian Sunrise Industries into technical change, efficiency change, and scale change.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 168 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Efficiency Measurement in Data Envelopment Analysis
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Mär 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3843389659
• ISBN 13: 9783843389655
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 11D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 11 millimeters depth
• Weight: 268 grams

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Synopsis

In a competitive environment most of the business firms face an irritatingly limited supply of resources. This has led to a significant emphasis on the efficient utilization of their resources. This present monograph discusses the uses of various variants of data envelopment analysis (DEA) models for evaluating firm efficiency in different industries. In this volume, we first contrast both frontier translog production function and DEA for estimating returns to scale and efficiencies by applying them to data on Indian Steel industry. Second, we use DEA to estimate the technical efficiency of a number of firms in the Indian pig and sponge iron industry. The methods of cross-efficiency matrix, distribution of virtual inputs, and returns to scale are also used to get further insights. Third, DEA is applied to 28 Indian Sunrise Industries to measure their technical progress. The method is further used to find out the lagging and/or surpassing periods, which reflect their change in technical efficiency. Finally, DEA is used to decompose productivity growth of the Indian Sunrise Industries into technical change, efficiency change, and scale change.

About the Author

Biresh K. Sahoo, Ph.D: Studied at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. Professor of Economics at the Xavier Institute of Management, India.