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 main goal of this paper is to clarify a few important aspects about the aggregation issues
in efficiency and productivity analysis. By doing so we also sketch a brief historical map on …

Non-parametric methods for efficiency evaluation were designed to analyse industries
comprising multi-input multi-output producers and lacking data on market prices. Education …

In the context of low-carbon development, effectively improving carbon emission efficiency is
an inevitable requirement for achieving sustainable economic and social development …

The ranking of decision-making units can be performed by measuring their efficiency.
However, the discriminatory power of efficiency measures is sometimes compromised, and …

In this paper we prove that the denominator rule, namely that weighting shares should be
defined in term of the denominator variable of the relevant index, is a necessary and …

When designing structural reforms for rural areas, the regional dimension is crucial. This
study implemented a multi-directional efficiency approach in a regional, rural development …

This paper addresses the efficiency measurement of firms composed by multiple
components, and assessed at different decision levels. In particular it develops models for …

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a non-parametric data-driven approach for evaluating
the efficiency of a set of homogeneous decision-making units (DMUs) with multiple inputs …

Abstract Choosing the Most Preferred Solution (MPS), namely a real or artificial Decision
Making Unit (DMU) reflecting the decision maker's preferences over the desirable structure …