Title: A theoretical approach of technical efficiency and stochastic frontier analysis in logistic services and industrial performance

Authors: Aikaterini Kokkinou

Addresses: Economic Geography, Regional Development and Territorial Planning Laboratory, Department of Geography, University of the Aegean, Greece

Abstract: Logistics can be defined as those services that providing the right type of services and products in a right quality and in a right price, that providing services related to the supply and distribution of resources. The logistic services are directly and affects the levels of production, exports, the efficiency and the competitiveness and furthermore the growth of market and the coherence of a country. This paper aims to provide insights into the level of theoretical background of technical efficiency and the applications for the logistic services, in an attempt to reach a better understanding of the contribution of technical efficiency in the logistic services and moreover to growth and profitability.

Keywords: technical efficiency; logistics services; policy planning; stochastic frontier analysis; SFA; efficiency function; productivity; industrial growth.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSAMI.2015.074618

International Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Management and Informatics, 2015 Vol.1 No.3, pp.204 - 215

Received: 09 Mar 2015
Accepted: 24 Jul 2015
Published online: 08 Feb 2016 *

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