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This paper introduces an intertemporal variable cost indirect technology which permits technological change over time and allows for financial flexibility. It characterizes agencies which maximize the outputs or services subject to the budget they face. We define Farrelltype output oriented technical efficiency under different financial regimes and efficiency gains from financial flexibilities....

The glass industry is highly energy-intensive, consuming approximately 500–700 million GJ each year. Replacing inefficient equipment with better-performing a good strategy to reduce the energy consumption of plant. Since there are many alternative solutions, choice which technological improvement implement usually difficult. Therefore, review solutions in plant pivotal. literature offers simila...

The paper analyzes the determinants of the efficiency levels reached by twenty-one African water utilities. Efficiency is assessed through the estimation of a production frontier for the sector in Africa. The efficiency estimates confirm much of the common perceptions from partial productivity indicators. They point to a great heterogeneity in the African water utilities’ performances, the pred...