An epsilon-based measure of efficiency in DEA – A third pole of technical efficiency

Tone, Kaoru; Tsutsui, Miki

doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2010.07.014

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“…Since its introduction in 1978, DEA has become a popular and powerful methodology for estimating relative efficiency among various organizations [63], and has had numerous applications in the environmental and quality management fields [64][65][66]. Additionally, the epsilon-based measures (EBM) posited by Tone and Tsutsui [67] is considered as one of the most updated DEA techniques, given its ability to combine both radial and non-radial measures in a unified framework.…”

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Does Adoption of Management Standards Deliver Efficiency Gain in Firms’ Pursuit of Sustainability Performance? An Empirical Investigation of Chinese Manufacturing Firms

2016

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Building on longitudinal data from 73 Chinese manufacturing firms during 2009-2012, we assess whether and how firms gain higher efficiency in achieving their sustainability goals by adopting management practice standards (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and/or OHSAS 18001). We propose four pathways for firms to gain sustainability efficiency in their certification journey: participation, qualitative integration, quantitative expansion, and temporal accumulation. Our results confirm that firms certifying management standards gain higher efficiency in pursuing their sustainability goals than firms without these standards. We also find some support for increased efficiency effect in firms with diverse management systems over firms with only a single certificate in 2011. Finally, our results highlight the experiential and temporal accumulation effect of such efficiency gains, that is, firms with prior certification experience or having a longer certification history demonstrate higher efficiency gains in pursuing their sustainability goals.

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Does Adoption of Management Standards Deliver Efficiency Gain in Firms’ Pursuit of Sustainability Performance? An Empirical Investigation of Chinese Manufacturing Firms

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“…In order to solve the problems of the CRS and SBM models effectively, Tone (2010) constructed an integrated EBM model with radial and non-radial characteristics [33]. For n decision-making units, with m inputs (x) and s outputs (y), the EBM model can be expressed as: (4) The Tobit model is an econometric model for the dependent variable of partial continuous distribution and partial discrete distribution [34].…”

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Measurements and Factors of Carbon Emission Efficiency

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2017

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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“…While the SBM model's efficiency measurement includes a nonradial slack variable, it is optimized relative to the traditional DEA model; however, this optimization is based on the original proportional information of the loss efficiency front projection value [38]. Thus, in 2010, Tone proposed a mixed model including radial and SBM distance functions, the EBM model [39]. The EBM model is a data envelopment analysis model that considers the coexistence characteristics of radial and non-radial relaxation variables.…”

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“…The SBM model, which is based on non-radial measurement, considers the non-radial slack variable and compensates for this defect; however, it also loses the ratio between the input and output target value and the actual value. To solve this problem, Tone and Tsutsui proposed a mixed model that includes both radial and SBM distance functions [39]. Due to the use of the ε parameter in the model, Tone calls it the epsilon-based measure (EBM).…”

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Measuring the Cultivated Land Use Efficiency of the Main Grain-Producing Areas in China under the Constraints of Carbon Emissions and Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution

2018

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Abstract:The carbon emissions and agricultural nonpoint source pollution constraints were incorporated into the input-output index system, and the epsilon-based measure (EBM) super efficiency model and global Malmquist-Luenberger (GML) index were used to measure the cultivated land use efficiency and changes in the total factor productivity (TFP) of cultivated land use in the main grain-producing areas in China from 1993-2016. The results indicate that: (1) from 1993 to 2016, the cultivated land use efficiency in the main grain-producing areas in China showed a tendency to fluctuate and increase, with obvious stage characteristics; however, the overall level was not high.(2) There is a significant difference in the cultivated land use efficiency under the constraints of carbon emissions and nonpoint source pollution in the main grain-producing areas in the different provinces, and low-efficiency provinces have higher input redundancy and undesired output redundancy than high-efficiency provinces. It can be observed that input redundancy and undesired output redundancy have a significant negative effect on cultivated land use efficiency. (3) The TFP of cultivated land use under the constraints of carbon emissions and nonpoint source pollution in China's main grain-producing areas is estimated by the GML index. The results show that the TFP of cultivated land use in the main provinces in the main grain-producing regions is greater than 1, indicating that the productivity levels of all the provinces in China's main grain-producing areas are increasing. From the perspective of the power sources in each province, global pure technological change (GPTC) and global scale technological change (GSTC) are the main driving forces for the TFP of cultivated land use, while global pure efficiency change (GPEC) and global scale efficiency change (GSEC) are the bottlenecks for increasing the TFP of cultivated land use.

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An epsilon-based measure of efficiency in DEA – A third pole of technical efficiency

Cited by 484 publications

References 9 publications

Does Adoption of Management Standards Deliver Efficiency Gain in Firms’ Pursuit of Sustainability Performance? An Empirical Investigation of Chinese Manufacturing Firms

Does Adoption of Management Standards Deliver Efficiency Gain in Firms’ Pursuit of Sustainability Performance? An Empirical Investigation of Chinese Manufacturing Firms

Measurements and Factors of Carbon Emission Efficiency

Measuring the Cultivated Land Use Efficiency of the Main Grain-Producing Areas in China under the Constraints of Carbon Emissions and Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution

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