Nonparametric benchmarking of Japanese water utilities: Institutional and environmental factors affecting efficiency

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 562-571

  Marques, Rui Cunha ^a   Berg, Sanford ^b   Yane, Shinji ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Momoyama Gakuin University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Data envelopment analysis; Exogenous variables; Japanese water utilities; Nonparametric methods; Performance

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

CONSTANT RETURN TO SCALE; EXOGENOUS VARIABLES; NONPARAMETRIC METHODS; PERCAPITA CONSUMPTION; PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES; VARIABLE RETURN TO SCALE; WATER UTILITY;

BENCHMARKING;

BENCHMARKING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; INNOVATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

JAPAN;

EID: 84924677621     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000366     Document Type: Article

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