Returns to scale and damages to scale under natural and managerial disposability: Strategy, efficiency and competitiveness of petroleum firms

Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 645-662

  Sueyoshi, Toshiyuki ^a   Goto, Mika ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Environmental assessment; Petroleum industry

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS OPERATION; CLEAN AIR; CORPORATE STRATEGIES; DATA ENVIRONMENT; DESIRABLE OUTPUTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; INPUT VECTOR; INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS; INTERNATIONAL OIL COMPANIES; NATIONAL OIL COMPANY; POLICY ISSUES; PRODUCTION ACTIVITY; PUBLIC ENTITIES; RETURNS TO SCALE; SIZE REDUCTIONS; TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY-BASED;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; MANAGERS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; VECTORS;

COMPETITION;

COMPETITIVENESS; CORPORATE STRATEGY; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MANAGEMENT; OIL INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM; RETURNS TO SCALE;

EID: 80053923671     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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