Plant Capacity Notions: Existence Results at Firm and Industry Levels

Kristiaan Kerstens and Jafar Sadeghi ()
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Jafar Sadeghi: Ivey Business School, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

No 2021-EQM-04, Working Papers from IESEG School of Management

Abstract: This contribution innovates by investigating the question as to the existence of solutions for the key plant capacity concepts using general nonparametric technologies. Focusing on both short-run and long-run output-oriented, attainable output-oriented, and input-oriented plant capacity notions, we first investigate the existence of solutions at the firm level. Then, for this same range of six plant capacity concepts, we also explore the more difficult question as to the existence of solutions at the industry level.

Keywords: Data Envelopment Analysis; Nonparametric Technology; Capacity utilization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2021-07
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