Title :
An evaluation of urban logistics efficiency in Jiangxi province based on DEA-Malmquist index
Author :
Lu, Xiaoyong ; Xiong, Fang
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Software, Nanchang Univ., Nanchang, China
Abstract :
This paper, by means of DEA-Malmquist index, analyzes empirically urban logistics efficiency in Jiangxi province from 2004 to 2008, studies contrastively urban logistics efficiency indexes of Jiangxi province´s 11 cities from three aspacts of technical progress, pure technical efficiency and scale efficiency, and has classified the index result. The aim is designed to provide advice for decision-making adopting different types in order to increase urban logistics efficiency.
Keywords :
decision making; logistics; town and country planning; DEA-malmquist index; Jiangxi Province; decision making; urban logistics efficiency; Cities and towns; Economics; Indexes; Industries; Logistics; Productivity; DEA; Malmquist index; TFP; urban logistics efficiency;
Conference_Titel :
Business Management and Electronic Information (BMEI), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-108-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICBMEI.2011.5920348
