Advances in Efficiency and Productivity II

Contents -- Background -- 1 Editors' Introduction -- Abstract -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Advances in Efficiency and Productivity -- 1.3 The Contents of the Book -- 1.3.1 Analytical Foundations -- 1.3.1.1 Modeling Advances -- 1.3.1.2 Extensions of DEA -- 1.3.2 Empirical Applications -- 1.3.2.1 Individual Production Units -- 1.3.2.2 Aggregates of Production Units -- Acknowledgements -- Analytical Foundations -- 2 The Reverse Directional Distance Function -- Abstract -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Associating a RDDF Inefficiency Measure to Any Known DEA Inefficiency Measure -- 2.3 Generating a Strong DDF Based on a Weak DDF -- 2.3.1 Converting a Weak DDF into a Strong DDF -- 2.3.2 Measuring the Comprehensive Inefficiencies of the Derived Strong DDF -- 2.4 Deriving DEA Comprehensive Inefficiency Measures. the Case of the Comprehensive Radial Models -- 2.5 Evaluating and Decomposing Cost Inefficiency Through the Associated RDDF Measure -- 2.6 Evaluating and Decomposing Revenue Inefficiency -- 2.7 Evaluating and Decomposing Profit Inefficiency -- 2.8 Identifying, for Each Inefficient Unit, a Projection that Minimizes Its RDDF Profit Inefficiency -- 2.9 Conclusions -- Appendix 1 -- How to Search for Alternative Optimal Solutions When Using a Weighted Additive Model -- How to Search for Alternative Optimal Solutions When Using a DEA Model with the Same Restrictions as the Additive Model -- References -- 3 On Measuring Technological Possibilities by Hypervolumes -- Abstract -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Motivation and Relation to the Literature -- 3.3 The Hypervolume Index -- 3.4 Practical Aspects -- 3.4.1 Volume Calculation -- 3.4.2 Sample Size Bias -- 3.5 Empirical Illustration -- 3.6 Discussion -- References -- 4 Loss Distance Functions and Profit Function: General Duality Results -- Abstract -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Loss Distance Functions