ECOEFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT USING DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS: RESEARCH AND PRACTITIONER ISSUES

Joseph Sarkis () and Srinivas Talluri ()
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Joseph Sarkis: Graduate School of Management, Clark University, 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01610, USA
Srinivas Talluri: Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University, N370 North Business Complex, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), 2004, vol. 06, issue 01, 91-123

Abstract: Ecoefficiency is critical for organisations that seek to be both environmentally conscious and profitable. Ecoefficiency has implications for a "win-win" situation to arise. Studying and managing organisations from this perspective requires an evaluation of ecoefficiency. To aid researchers and managers develop measures for ecoefficiency we review the use of data envelopment analysis (DEA) for this purpose. DEA theory and application has increased greatly. Its use as a tool for environmental performance evaluation has been limited. In this paper we provide a number of DEA models and some extensions and how they can be utilised from both the practitioner and researcher perspective. An illustrative example from published data helps to gain insight into the various models, their capabilities and limitations.

Keywords: Data envelopment analysis; ecoefficiency; mathematical programming; productivity analysis; performance measurement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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