Malmquist indices of productivity change in India's chemical industry: a subsector-level analysis

Abstract

This paper investigates Total Factor Productivity (TFP) and efficiency growth pattern for India's chemical industry for the period,

Mapping supply dynamics in renewable feedstock enabled industries: A systems theory perspective on ‘green’ pharmaceuticals

“…Nevertheless, a range of issues affecting industries located in both Western and developing countries, including rising labour expenditures, strict environmental regulations, consumers' sustainability awareness, elevated shipping costs, radical innovations in manufacturing technologies and chemical synthesis pathways, and rising productivity and reliability concerns, are triggering shifts in the scale and distribution of production systems (Ford and Despeisse 2016;Stentoft et al 2016). Especially, sustainability concerns and advances in manufacturing technologies and production processes encourage both global industries and local organisations to (re)configure their production and supply bases to enable more cost and resource efficient manufacturing that is both sustainable and responsive to personalised market demand (Ray and Ray 2012;Ancarani et al 2015).…”

Did New Retail Enhance Enterprise Competition during the COVID-19 Pandemic? An Empirical Analysis of Operating Efficiency

“…We selected the Shanghai and Shenzhen two market retail plate samples from the retail enterprise annual report data, and through a factor analysis selected reliable input-output indicators. Through the DEA and Malmquist model for scientific business efficiency and total factor productivity measurement [22,47,48], we analyzed the differences between the new retail model and the traditional retail model from the perspective of enterprise operating efficiency, and we selected two time nodes in 2016 and 2020 to compare the changes in enterprise operating efficiency of the two models before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. C 2 R model: If the reward of scale is unchanged, assume n decision-making units, denoted as DMU i , i = 1, 2, .…”

“…For example, the price of packaging has fluctuated sharply in the past, which creates a lot of uncertainty about cost control and profit and puts pressure on the operations of retail enterprises. Many scholars have begun to pay attention to the changes in the retail industry [21][22][23]. They have noted the transformation from a store form to a no-store form, focusing on the Internet transformation mode of traditional retail [2,24,25].…”

“…In the empirical study based on Malmquist, Ray and Ray used the Malmquist index to study the technical and productivity changes of TFP values in India in 1992, 1993, 2007, and 2008 and showed that the improved technical level could improve the total factor productivity of the industry [22]. Scholars also studied the expansion activities of retail enterprises based on panel data and calculated results by DEA and the Malmquist index [22,45,46]. The results showed that the general retail enterprises would intensify competition among enterprises due to market demand and structural changes.…”

Productive Performance Analysis in Machinery Industry Using Malmquist Index

“…Every industry is continuously in a process of self-appraisal and in search of measuring tools for its own current performance compared with various targets, past achievements and productivity growth. Malmquist productivity indicators (MPI) are often used to determine performance of an enterprise or an industry [1].…”