Eco-efficiency analysis of paper mills along the Huai River: An extended data envelopment analysis approach

Eco-efficiency analysis of paper mills along the Huai River: An extended data envelopment analysis approach

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Article ID: iaor2008275
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 35
Issue: 5
Start Page Number: 578
End Page Number: 587
Publication Date: Oct 2007
Journal: OMEGA
Authors: , ,
Keywords: manufacturing industries, statistics: data envelopment analysis, developing countries
Abstract:

The objective of this paper is to estimate the ecological efficiency of paper mills along the Huai River in China. The main characteristic of the ecological efficiency evaluation problem is that an undesirable output of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and a non-discretionary input (BOD emission quota) should be considered simultaneously. By analyzing the impacts of the non-discretionary input on decision-making units' (DMUs) desirable and undesirable outputs, a non-radial output-oriented DEA model is proposed. In the proposed model, we describe a new approach of defining reference set that requires reference units operate in a similar environment on average. We employ the model to provide efficient inputs/outputs targets for DMU managers to improve DMUs' efficiencies. Based on the developed model, impacts of the non-discretionary input on DMUs' returns are also analyzed. We illustrate the proposed model, using real data, for 32 paper mills along the Huai River in China.

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