An Introduction to Efficiency and Productivity Analysis

Title
An Introduction to Efficiency and Productivity Analysis
Publication Date
2005
Author(s)
Coelli, Timothy J
Rao, D S Prasada
O'Donnell, Christopher J
Battese, George Edward
Type of document
Book
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Springer
Place of publication
New York, United States of America
Edition
2
UNE publication id
une:6308
Abstract
This book is concerned with measuring the performance of firms, which convert inputs into outputs. An example of a firm is a shirt factory that uses materials, labour and capital (inputs) to produce shirts (output). The performance of this factory can be defined in many ways. A natural measure of performance is a productivity ratio: the ratio of outputs to inputs, where larger values of this ratio are associated with better performance. Performance is a relative concept. For example, the performance of the factory in 2004 could be measured relative to its 2003 performance or it could be measured relative to the performance of another factory in 2004, etc.
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ISBN
9780387242668
0387242651
9780387242651
038724266X
0387258957

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