In this paper we argue that inappropriate handling of technological heterogeneity distorts the
benchmarking process eroding performance scores. Country-and industry-specific frontier …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the key productivity constraints faced by
New Zealand (NZ) road pavement maintenance and rehabilitation contractors (RPMRCs) …

Abstract Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation contractors (RMRCs)–and indeed all
contractors handling public sector projects–face the challenge of performance-based …

El papel de la estiba ha sido tan esencial como controvertido en el contexto de los sistemas
portuarios en general y en el español en particular. En este trabajo se presenta un análisis …

A dynamic oligopoly game model with nonlinear cost and strategic delegation is built on the
basis of isoelastic demand in this paper. And the dynamic characteristics of this game model …

The world is undergoing great changes that have not been seen at present; colleges and
universities can only adapt to social development with a more active and open attitude …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of a novel mobile
monitoring and control (MC) framework with active-push and plug-and-play capabilities. This …

This study proposed a decomposition method based on the normalized quadratic shadow
unit cost function to explore the determinants of the change in energy intensity in China from …

We estimate cost functions to derive productivity growth using a unique database on costs
and outputs of essentially all regulated Austrian gas distribution companies over the period …

La productividad ha sido considerada como uno de los factores relacionados con la
supervivencia de las organizaciones en el mercado, ya nivel macro, con la calidad de vida …