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Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.We developed methods to characterize soft contractile actuators using force–displacement measurements in the passive state and the total force in the active state and define the operational range of thermal, electrothermal, and pneumatic muscles. A graphical method enables the selection of an actuator based on the required mechanical force–displacement
Qiong Wang +5 more
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Machine Learning with Applications, 2021 This paper uses a radial basis function (RBF) transformation of data envelopment analysis (DEA) data to perform RBF-DEA. It is shown that the RBF-DEA frontier identifies cases that have average efficiency scores in traditional DEA.
Parag C. Pendharkar
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Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Poor animal health is a central concern in modern livestock production. Despite the necessity to incorporate animal health in efficiency analysis, the theoretical and empirical developments are limited on this subject. This article appropriately characterizes the axiomatic properties of animal health within a production framework.
Frederic Ang +3 more
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Combination of DEA and PCA for Full Ranking of Decision Making Units [PDF]
مدیریت صنعتی, 2009 This paper presents a combination of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to reduce the dimensionality of data set. DEA is known as effective tool for assessment and benchmarking.
Mojtaba Khazaei, Hamid Reza Izadbakhsh
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the role of managerial ability in driving environmental performance and overall environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings in the context of the European Union sustainability reporting regulations. Using a sample of 7242 firm‐year observations over the period 2015–2023, our results indicate a structural change in ...
Mihaela Ionașcu +2 more
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Productivity and Emissions in Italian Agriculture: A Farm‐Level Efficiency Analysis
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Achieving the European Union climate‐neutrality objectives requires metrics that jointly assess farm productivity and greenhouse gas emissions at a granular level. However, harmonized evidence for benchmarking the productivity–emissions nexus of Italian farms remains limited.
Giulio Fusco +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how directors with environmental protection (EP) backgrounds influence corporate biodiversity concern (BIO) among Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2008 to 2023. Drawing on Upper Echelons Theory, we argue that directors' environmental expertise shapes firms' biodiversity strategies.
Chengming Huang +2 more
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Gestão & Produção, 2010 O Protocolo de Kyoto representa um importante compromisso ecológico assumido por diversos países, com destaque à questão das cotas de carbono permitidas a cada país emitir.
Marco Aurélio Macedo +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Reaching global net‐zero targets has become an urgent priority as businesses and nations face increasing pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Achieving carbon neutrality in manufacturing supply chains requires comprehensive systemic changes across business processes.
Vimal K. E. K. +5 more
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KINERJA EFISIENSI KANTOR PELAYANAN PAJAK PRATAMA: PENDEKATAN DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA)
Jurnal Akuntansi Aktual, 2017 This research aims to assess the technical efficiency performance of Small Taxpayer Office (KPP Pratama) in the Regional Tax Office of East Java III, during 2011-2014, uses Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach.
Hendra Triantoro, Bambang Subroto
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