Inter-firm and intra-firm efficiency measures

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2001

Authors

Alfons Oude Lansink (Author) Other; Elvira Silva (Author) FEP; Spiro E. Stefanou (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Journal of Productivity Analysis

Vol. 15

Pages: 185-199

ISSN: 0895-562X

Publisher: Springer Nature

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Scientific classification

FOS: Social sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-000-VQ2

DOI: 10.1023/a:1011124308349

Abstract (EN): Intra-firm efficiency involves computing a particular firm's efficiency degree over time relative to the firm-specific production frontier. Inter-firm efficiency reveals a particular firm's performance over time relative to the "best practice frontier" among the set of comparable firms. These efficiency measures are related by an inter-firm catch-up component reflecting differences in technology across firms. Those measures are estimated for Dutch pot-plant firms using the Generalized Maximum Entropy formalism. The empirical results suggest the inter-firm catch-up component is the major determinant of inter-firm efficiency.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 15