This chapter theoretically discusses existing methodologies to model environmental
adjustments of technologies. We elaborate on the limitations of treating pollution as an input …

Total factor productivity (TFP) indicators or indices are usual measurements for evaluating
economic performance in terms of output and input evolution. This approach has been …

Improving the eco-efficiency of municipalities in the provision of municipal solid waste
(MSW) services is fundamental in the context of a circular economy. This study evaluates the …

Sustainable technology is a rather new subject in sustainability which is paying academics'
attention recently. This article provides a bibliometric review of sustainable technology …

Unintended outputs, as non-market goods, may have no exchange value and require
shadow pricing to investigate the abatement costs. Unlike previous research, which …

Performance improvement and managerial ability estimation using benchmarking tools and
data envelopment analysis (DEA) in banking and financial sectors have attracted …

Adequate modeling of undesirable outputs in production processes plays an important role
in management practice. Nonparametric models that assume jointly weak disposability of …

In this paper we propose hinging hyperplanes (HHs) as a flexible nonparametric
representation of a concave or an S-shaped production function. We derive the HHs using …

The paper analyses properties of a large class of “path-based” Data Envelopment Analysis
models through a unifying general scheme. The scheme includes the well-known oriented …

Ecological efficiency (EE) provides much reference for formulating appropriate regional
economic, social and environmental policies to promote sustainable development …