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Productivity Measurement at the Firm Level

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  • Gabriel R. Bitran

    (Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139)

  • Li Chang

    (Department of Management, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712)

Abstract

Many managers are reluctant to measure the productivity of their firms because the concept of productivity remains elusive and it is not clear to them how to measure it. This paper discusses the concept and addresses the critical issues of measurement at the firm level: index numbers, conversion factors, and various measurement problems of inputs and outputs.

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  • Gabriel R. Bitran & Li Chang, 1984. "Productivity Measurement at the Firm Level," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 14(3), pages 29-40, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:14:y:1984:i:3:p:29-40
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.14.3.29
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    1. Kao, Chiang & Chen, Liang-Hsuan & Wang, Tai-Yue & Kuo, Shyanjaw & Horng, Shi-Dai, 1995. "Productivity improvement: Efficiency approach vs effectiveness approach," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 23(2), pages 197-204, April.
    2. Kao, Chiang & Liu, Shiang-Tai, 2016. "A parallel production frontiers approach for intertemporal efficiency analysis: The case of Taiwanese commercial banks," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 255(2), pages 411-421.
    3. Kao, Chiang, 2010. "Malmquist productivity index based on common-weights DEA: The case of Taiwan forests after reorganization," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 38(6), pages 484-491, December.

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