Modelling pollution-generating technologies in performance benchmarking: Recent developments, limits and future prospects in the nonparametric framework

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 347-359

  Dakpo, K Hervé ^a,b   Jeanneaux, Philippe ^c   Latruffe, Laure ^d  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b UMR Territoires   (France)

^c VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Bad outputs; By production; Data envelopment analysis; Weak disposability; Weak G disposability

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

BAD OUTPUTS; BALANCE PRINCIPLE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKING; PRODUCTION MODELLING; PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCIES; WEAK DISPOSABILITIES;

DISPOSABILITY;

EID: 84954028424     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2015.07.024     Document Type: Review

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