Radial and non-radial decompositions of Luenberger productivity indicator with an illustrative application

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 721-726

  Mahlberg, Bernhard ^a   Sahoo, Biresh K ^b  

^a Institute for Industrial Research   (Austria)

^b XAVIER INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Directional distance function; Eco efficiency; Luenberger indicator; Slacks

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION SCHEME; DIRECTIONAL DISTANCE FUNCTION; ECO-EFFICIENCY; LUENBERGER INDICATOR; OECD COUNTRIES; PRODUCTION PROCESS; PRODUCTIVITY CHANGES; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; PRODUCTIVITY PERFORMANCE; SLACKS; TECHNICAL CHANGE; TECHNICAL PROGRESS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 79954415728     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.02.021     Document Type: Article

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