TY - JOUR
T1 - A new data envelopment analysis (DEA) model to select eco-efficient technologies in the presence of undesirable outputs
AU - Shabani, Amir
AU - Farzipoor Saen, Reza
AU - Torabipour, Seyed Mohammad Reza
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - Recent global attention to the challenges of environmental protection is forcing firms and governments to evaluate, rank, and select eco-efficient technologies. Technologies may consume inputs to produce both desirable and undesirable outputs. It seems that the data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a proper method to evaluate eco-efficient technologies. There are some DEA extensions for dealing with undesirable output, and sometimes it is difficult to choose a suitable model to evaluate the technologies. The challenge becomes much more complex when the outcomes of models are not similar. In such a condition, subjective selection of alternative DEA models may lead to deviation from an optimal decision. Accordingly, the objective of this paper is to develop a combined model to include all characters of the previous DEA techniques in a flexible model to select optimum eco-efficient technology in the presence of undesirable outputs. A case study demonstrates the application of proposed procedure.
AB - Recent global attention to the challenges of environmental protection is forcing firms and governments to evaluate, rank, and select eco-efficient technologies. Technologies may consume inputs to produce both desirable and undesirable outputs. It seems that the data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a proper method to evaluate eco-efficient technologies. There are some DEA extensions for dealing with undesirable output, and sometimes it is difficult to choose a suitable model to evaluate the technologies. The challenge becomes much more complex when the outcomes of models are not similar. In such a condition, subjective selection of alternative DEA models may lead to deviation from an optimal decision. Accordingly, the objective of this paper is to develop a combined model to include all characters of the previous DEA techniques in a flexible model to select optimum eco-efficient technology in the presence of undesirable outputs. A case study demonstrates the application of proposed procedure.
KW - Data envelopment analysis
KW - Eco-efficient technology
KW - Sustainable development
KW - Technology selection
KW - Undesirable output
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U2 - 10.1007/s10098-013-0652-0
DO - 10.1007/s10098-013-0652-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84899108669
SN - 1618-954X
VL - 16
SP - 513
EP - 525
JO - Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy
JF - Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy
IS - 3
ER -