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Analysis of technical efficiency of milk-producing farms in Minas Gerais
Economia Aplicada, 2008 The objective of this study was to measure the technical and scale efficiencies of milk-producing farms in the state of Minas Gerais, considering different production levels, and also to identify the determining factors of their technical efficiency. The
Rosiane Maria Lima Gonçalves +3 more
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Production and scale efficiency of South African water utilities: the case of water boards
Water Policy, 2021 South Africa is a water scarce country with deteriorating water resources. Faced with tight fiscal and water resource constraints, water utilities would have to adopt technically efficient water management technologies to meet developmental socio ...
Victor Ngobeni, Marthinus C. Breitenbach
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Analysing airport efficiency in East China using a three-stage data envelopment analysis
Transport, 2020 This paper evaluates the Technical Efficiencies (TEs) of a group of airports in East China by applying a three-stage Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method.
Zhuxuan Zeng +3 more
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Setting key performance targets for Croatian shipyards
Croatian Operational Research Review, 2015 The aim of this paper is to use the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method to measure and analyze different relative efficiencies of five Croatian shipyards.
Danijela Rabar
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Non-parametric analysis of bank merger gains: The case of Vietnam
Cogent Business & Management, 2020 Over the last years, the banking sector in Vietnam has been going through the restructuring period, in order to cope with non-performing loans and build up mergers and acquisitions.
Phuong Anh Nguyen, Linh Dan Pham
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The study of Commercial Banks' Efficiency Based on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) (The Case Study of Bank Saderat in Mazandaran Province of Iran) [PDF]
جستارهای اقتصادی, 2006 Through this research paper, the efficiency of ١٤١ Mazandaranbranches of Bank Saderat in ٢٠٠٤ is evaluated using DataEnvelopment Analysis which is a linear programming and nonparametric method.The variants considered here are categorized into two ...
M. T. G. Hakimabadie +2 more
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An Efficiency Assessment of Selected German Airports Using the DEA Model
Journal of Competitiveness, 2019 The operation of air transport is one of the most significant factors in promoting economic growth and competitiveness within any given region. The present paper deals with an assessment of the performance of Germany’s 27 most important airports in terms
Eva Stichhauerova, Natalie Pelloneova
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Factors Affecting the Productivity of Non-Metallic Minerals Industry during the Third Plan [PDF]
مدیریت صنعتی, 2012 Although economic and managerial literature is replete with studies that probe about productivity but only a few studies decompose it to its components (technological changes, managerial efficiency changes and scale efficiency changes)and analysis their ...
Mohammad Ali Feizpour +2 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Chronic micro‐inflammation in patients with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) is a significant driver of cardiovascular complications and diminished quality of life. While standard hemodialysis (SHD) effectively manages small‐molecule clearance, its ability to remove medium‐to‐large uremic toxins—the primary catalysts of systemic ...
Hongwei Zuo +5 more
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Nature CommunicationsOptical vortices, beams that carry a twist, are pivotal in advanced technologies like optical manipulation, optical communications and imaging. However, their utility has been hampered by a fundamental limitation: the size and spread of the beam change ...
Tian Xia +8 more
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