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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Water losses are a critical environmental and operational challenge, especially in regions exposed to increasing water stress. This study assesses the environmental productivity of municipal water supply services in Spain and Portugal during the period 2014–2022, explicitly treating losses as an undesirable output.
Elisabet Zafra Gómez +4 more
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International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.Abstract The search for evidence in public management and the implementation of good management by public bodies is becoming increasingly important, and the principles of effectiveness and efficiency should be reinforced. Therefore, this paper aims to analyse the change in efficiency in the provision of public lighting services by local governments ...
Pablo Povedano‐Fernández +2 more
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A cost Malmquist productivity index capturing group performance [PDF]
European Journal of Operational Research, 2015 zbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
Emmanuel Thanassoulis +2 more
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International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.Abstract Literature reviews published in peer‐reviewed journals are a prime source of general reference, as their validity and reliability are usually undisputed. This paper aims to raise awareness on biases and replicability challenges widely spread across literature reviews, using the field of efficiency of education as an example.
Juan Malagon, Carla Haelermans
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International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, 2023 Enhancing the economic and environmental efficiency of municipal solid waste (MSW) management is crucial for transitioning to a circular economy and achieving cost-efficient and sustainable waste practices. In this study, we introduce an innovative approach to examine the influence of MSW recycling on waste performance over multiple years.
Llanquileo Melgarejo, Paula Iris +1 more
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Journal of Regional Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using two approaches, we contribute to sub‐national economic performance measurement by netting out the influence of a region's performance on its industries. The first approach measures performance using technical efficiency and involves introducing the first multilevel spatial stochastic frontier model.
Anthony J. Glass, Karligash Kenjegalieva
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Malmquist Productivity Index from a regulator’s perspective
Annals of Operations ResearchzbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
Carosi, Laura +2 more
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Measuring the Productivity of Serbian Banks Using Malmquist Index [PDF]
Management - Journal for theory and practice of management, 2015 This paper evaluates the scale of productivity change of the Bank of Serbia over the period 2007- 2010. In this research the emphasis is put on measuring the productivity based on information from the financial statements using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method and Malmquist index to estimate the individual bank efficiency and productivity changes
Marković, Milanka +3 more
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Reframing Airport Choice in Platform Logistics: The Case of Amazon Air
Transportation Journal, Volume 65, Issue 1, Winter 2026.ABSTRACT While the substantial growth of e‐commerce has transformed air cargo from a peripheral service into a major revenue source in air transportation, airports, key nodes in this network, have increasingly benefited from this shift. The emergence of new players such as Amazon Air has significantly influenced the revenue growth trajectories of many ...
Xiaofu Fan +2 more
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The Impacts of U.S.—China Trade War on Entrepreneurship in China
Asia &the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT The entrepreneurial consequences of the U.S.—China trade war remain difficult to identify because the escalation of tariffs closely overlapped with the COVID‐19 pandemic, another major shock that simultaneously affected firm entry and economic activity.
Xinyu Zhang, Dongmin Kong
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