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BuildingsRetrofitting conventional buildings is a key strategy for climate change mitigation, as it enhances indoor comfort while reducing energy consumption in countries where old building stocks are a major contributor to energy use and associated emissions. In
Amel Limam +6 more
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Learning in switching to organic farming [PDF]
, 2005 This paper estimates technical efficiency of organic and conventional dairy farming and its development over time. We control for possible selection bias and regional heterogeneity.
Oude Lansink, A., Sipiläinen, T.
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Determinants of banking efficiency in the MENA region: A two-stage DEA-Tobit approach [PDF]
Banks and Bank SystemsIn today’s volatile financial environment, banks encounter various risks, including political instability, regulatory changes, and global market fluctuations, which can undermine efficiency and threaten systemic stability.
Soufiane Benbachir
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Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2018 This study aims to assess the posture-related changes in frequency-specific effective connectivity (EC) in elderly subjects by coupling function measured using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS).
Congcong Huo +8 more
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Application of data envelopment analysis to evaluate the efficiency of saffron growers (Case study: Qaen county) [PDF]
Zirā̒at va Fanāvarī-i Za̒farān, 2014 Agricultural sector to meet the requests such as a higher yield, less pollution and fulfill consumer demands due to increasing scarcity of resources is under pressure.
Hadis Kavand +2 more
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Technical efficiency in Moldavian industry [PDF]
Computer Science Journal of Moldova, 2001 In this paper we present a method for measuring the efficiency for any economical branch. We construct the econometric approach of production frontiers, using the DEA technique (Data envelopment analysis), based on the mathematical programming approach ...
Tkachenko Alexandra, Caraush Yurii
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Absorptive Capacity and Efficiency: A Comparative Stochastic Frontier Approach Using Sectoral Data [PDF]
, 2012 In this paper, we investigate differences in and determinants of technical efficiency across three groups of OECD, Asian and Latin American countries. As technical efficiency determines the capacity with which countries absorb technology produced abroad,
Montinari, Letizia, Rochlitz, Michael
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Technical Efficiency of Indonesian Commercial Banks: An Application of Two-Stage DEA
Jurnal Manajemen dan Wirausaha, 2011 This paper uses data envelopment analysis (DEA) to investigate the technical efficiency of the Indonesian commercial banks over the period 2004-2009 using intermediation approach.
Tessa Vanina Soetanto, Ricky .
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Agricultural Economics (AGRICECON), 2008 This paper analyses the resource-productivity, technical efficiency (TE) and allocative efficiency of rain fed farmers in Nigeria. The results of the parameters that enter the production function shows that herbicide has the highest elasticities, then ...
K. Ogundari
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Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on Firm-level Technical Efficiency: Stochastic Frontier Model Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing Firms [PDF]
, 2016 It has been recognized that multinational corporations can spill over to non-affiliated firms in host economies. Existing studies of foreign direct investment (FDI) and productivity growth often assume firms are perfectly efficient.
Wang, Miao Grace, Wong, Sunny
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