• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2015

This study compares the most widely used parametric and non-parametric techniques to measure cost and profit efficiency of banks, namely the Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). We formulate the specification form of both stochastic cost and profit frontier models and constant return to scale Cost DEA and Profit DEA models and provide an empirical assessment of the cost and profit frontiers based on a panel dataset of National Commercial Banks (NCBs) and Private Banks (PBs) in Bangladesh over the 2001-2010 period. The cost inefficiency and profit efficiency are slightly higher for PBs than NCBs in case of both SFA and DEA. The coefficients of advance and off-balance sheet items are significant that positively influence the banks in stochastic cost frontier model while the advance, other earning assets, price of borrowed fund are significant and negative effects on the banks in stochastic profit frontier model. The average cost inefficiency and average profit efficiency are recorded with 16.3% and 91% respectively. The highest and lowest cost inefficiency are observed for Janata Bank and United Commercial Bank Limited whilst the highest and lowest profit efficiency are recorded for Eastern Bank Limited and Janata Bank respectively. The average technical and allocative efficiency are 68.8% and 35.9%, respectively in case of CRS cost-DEA model whereas they are 70.3% and 31.8% in case of CRS profit-DEA model. The average cost inefficiency is recorded 6.3% by SFA whereas it is 24.5% by DEA. The average profit efficiency is found 91% by SFA while it is 22.1% by DEA, and SFA method shows better bank efficiency than DEA.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.23-44
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• 2022

Purpose - Recent issues such as vessel enlargement, strengthening of environmental regulations, and port smartization are expected to increase costs and intensify competition in the port industry. In the new normal era, when external growth has reached its limit, the efficient operation of ports is becoming indispensable for achieving sustainable growth. This study aims to identify the determinants of inefficiency by examining the cost structure and efficiency of container terminals in Korea and furthermore propose the political implications to derive the maximization of efficiency. Design/methodology - This study estimates the cost function of container terminal operators and identifies the efficiency of container terminals using stochastic cost frontier (SCF) in the first stage. In the second step, the SCF results are compared with the data envelopment analysis (DEA). Last, this paper proposes efficiency determinants on container terminal operation to establish appropriate strategies. Out of the 29 container terminal operators in South Korea, 13 operators participated in the survey. The translog cost function was estimated utilizing a total of 116 observations collected over the 2007-2017 period. Findings - Empirical analysis shows that economies of scale exist in Korea's container ports, which provides a rationale for the government's policy to establish the global terminal operator by integrating small terminal operators to enhance competitiveness. In addition, as a result of the determinants analysis, container throughput, weight of direct employment costs, and labour cost share have positive effects on improving cost efficiency, while inefficiency increases as the length of quay increases. More specifically, cost efficiency improves as the proportion of direct employment costs to outsourcing service costs increases. Originality/value - This study contributes to analyzing the inefficiency factors of container terminals through efficiency analysis with respect to a cost function. In addition, this study proposes the practical and political implications, such as establishing a long-term manpower pool, the application of the hybrid liner terminal system, and the construction of a statistical data system, to improve the cost inefficiency of terminal operators.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.509-514
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• 2010

The purpose of this study is to analyze the technical efficiency and its determinants for Korean Apiculture farming by using from door to door and e-mail inquiry data. The analysis was implemented through the Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier production function (SFPF) model including the technical inefficiency effect model for cross-sectional data. To measure the SFPF model, honey production was used for a dependent variable, and for input variables labor cost, preventive cost, material cost, feeding cost, depreciation cost were used. Farmer's age, farmer's career, farming scale, full-time or half-time firm and movement or fixed firm variables were used to measure the inefficiency effect model. The average technical efficiency on apiculture farming in Korea is estimated to be 0.8112. It means that there were technical inefficiency of about 18.88% in Korea apiculture farming. In this study there are some suggestions which could increase the technical efficiency of Korean apiculture farming.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.751-758
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• 2021

This research is conducted to measure the efficiency level of Islamic banking in Indonesia and also to analyze the factors that can affect its efficiency level. This research used a purposive sampling technique to determine the sample size that will be used, with criteria that the bank has been operating since 2010 and consistently published its financial reports during the research period from 2011 until 2019; therefore, the total sample obtained was 11 samples. Analysis for efficiency level is done by using linear programming Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA), with test tool in the form of Frontier 4.1 and Eviews9 to find out what factors that affect efficiency. Efficiency test is done by involving input and output, while influence test used bank-specific variables comprising bank size, bank financial ratio, and macro-economy variable. Research result shows that there are only two banks that are almost close to being fully efficient firms, but the result still does not indicate that Islamic bank works efficiently. Results of the influence test show that factors affecting Islamic banking efficiency in Indonesia are bank size, Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR), Non-Performing Finance (NPF), and Financing to Deposit Ratio (FDR), while other factors are not influential over the study period.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.31-42
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• 2016

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are suitable to provide employment with lower investment in densely populated countries like Bangladesh. A stochastic frontier model is used to evaluate performance of SME Banking of the commercial banks in Bangladesh. Input (Total Deposit, Cost of Fund and Salary Expenditure) and output (Finance to SME) data are collected on 45 banks which are dealt with SME for 13 quarters from $1^{st}$quarter of 2010 to $2^{nd}$quarter of 2013. Average performance of the SME banking is 0.716 in Bangladesh. That is, banks have opportunity to increase 30% performance in SME banking from the same inputs. Bangladesh Development Bank has lowest performance (0.540) while Eastern bank has the highest performance (0.753). Highest (0.743) and lowest (0.662) performance is observed during the second quarter of 2013 and fourth quarter of 2010 respectively. Inefficient Bank might be benefited by following the rules of efficient banks.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.1559-1569
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• 2014

본 연구는 우리나라 공공기관이 운영하는 대도시의 도시철도 노선에 대하여 비용 비효율성의 정도를 도출하고, 이러한 비효율성의 발생 원인을 파악하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 도시철도 노선을 노동, 동력, 유지보수의 세 가지 생산요소를 투입하여 열차-km의 산출물을 생산하는 형태로 상정하고, 확률적 비용변경 접근법을 이용한 초월대수 함수형태의 가변비용함수모형을 설정하였다. 확률적 비용변경 접근법을 적용한 도시철도 노선의 운영비용 비효율성 분석 결과, 노선 전체의 6년간 절감가능 비용은 약 6,672억원으로 추정되었으며, 비효율성이 높은 상위 5개 노선은 부산1호선, 대구1호선, 대전1호선, 광주1호선, 대구2호선으로 파악되었다. 비효율의 발생원인은 노동과 유지보수 요소에 기인하며, 본 연구의 결과를 활용하면, 도시철도 운영에 있어서의 인력 및 유지보수 비용 절감을 위한 대책의 우선순위와 구체적인 방안 모색에 있어 참고가 가능할 것이라 사료된다.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2019

Collaborative research and development (R&D) has been encouraged based on the belief that knowledge spill-over is mutually beneficial for partners. Although the benefits are supported by science and technology policy research, the risk of R&D collaboration has not been extensively discussed. Two independent studies suggest that there are risks associated with the overuse of collaborative research frameworks. Two sets of R&D collaboration data were analyzed: between the national bio-technology research program and 1) Data Envelop Analysis (DEA), and 2) between Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA). In the case of SFA, output measures were integrated into a single output, with weights extracted from research programme managers' responses to the questionnaire. While the DEA result demonstrated the inefficiency of collaborative research, SFA did not. Unlike previous research highlighting risks associated with disclosing proprietary R&D and potential conflict of interest, our study indicates that the transaction's social cost affects collaborative research efficiency. Therefore, governments promoting R&D collaborations should be carefully managed, and policy makers must reconsider the strict conditions governing compulsory collaborative R&D programs.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.141-157
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• 2007

본 연구는 한국과 일본의 철도업체를 노동, 동력, 차량 및 유지보수의 세 가지 생산요소를 투입하여 신칸센 인키로, 일반여객 인키로, 화물톤키로의 세 가지 산출물을 생산하는 기업형태로 상정하여 확률적 변경 접근법을 이용한 일반초월대수 함수형태의 가변비용함수모형을 설정하였다. 이 모형의 독립변수로는 준고정요소인 기반시설의 총 가치와 네트워크효과를 나타내는 궤도연장, 타 업체와의 비용구조 차이를 반영하는 더미변수, 그리고 생산성을 분석하기 위한 시간추세변수가 함께 포함된다. 가변비용함수모형은 철도청에 대한 27개 연도별 자료($1977{\sim}2003$), 일본국철(JNR, Japan National Railways)에 대한 8개 연도별 자료($1977{\sim}1984$), 그리고 7개 일본철도주식회사(JR's, Japan Railways)에 대한 17개 연도별 자료($1987{\sim}2003$)를 결합한 총 154개의 불균형통합자료를 이용해 반복결합일반화최소자승법으로 추정하였다. 확률적 변경 접근법을 이용한 비용 효율성 추정 결과 한국과 일본의 철도업체는 표본평균에서 비용 비효율성이 2.57%로 나타났으며, 비용 효율성은 평균적으로 JR서일본이 가장 높고 JNR과 JR구주가 가장 낮은 것으로 분석되었다. KNR의 경우 $1977{\sim}2003$년까지 평균적인 비용 비효율성은 1.80%이고, 특히 $1996{\sim}2000$년에 비용 비효율성이 4.16%로 가장 컸던 것으로 나타났다. 반면 일본의 경우 민영화 이후 비용 비효율성이 전반적으로 상당히 개선된 것으로 나타났다. 한편 비용 효율성 변화, 기술변화, 규모 효율성 변화 및 배분적 효율성 변화에 기인하는 생산성 변화율을 추정한 결과 전반적으로 정부부처형 공기업인 KNR과 공사체제인 JNR의 생산성은 감소한 반면, 민영업체인 JR's의 생산성은 JR동해를 제외하고 증가한 것으로 나타났다.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.424-439
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• 2017

This study was undertaken to examine the profit efficiency and its determining factors, the investment opportunity, and the challenges of shea butter producers in the northern region of Ghana. The methods employed in this research were the Stochastic Profit Frontier (SPF) model, gain-cost and investment return analyses, as well as Kendall's W statistic using primary data collected from 120 purposively-selected respondents. Results from the analysis indicated that profit efficiency was positively influenced by sex, household size, marital status, educational level, transportation cost, store rent, and price of shea nut with a gain in profit efficiency of 58.5%. The investment analysis demonstrated a net gain per person of $8,077 equivalent to GH₵ 28,270 Ghanaian cedi (GH₵) using 2016 exchange rate (GH₵ 3.5 = $1). Among the challenges identified, the poor quality of shea nuts was the most prioritised challenge with 72.8% agreement among the respondents. Based on these findings, it was recommended that proper training and education, as well as improvement in shea nut quality, should be promoted to improve the profit efficiency of shea butter producers.

• 재무관리연구
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.71-89
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• 2005

본 연구는 SFA 방법을 이용하여 2001년도 우리나라 7개 대도시 194개의 신용협동조합에 대한 효율성을 측정하였다. 필요한 투입요소들을 선택하기 위하여, 반응변수는 총비용을 설명변수는 산출물과 투입물을 고려하였다. 이때, 산출물로는 대출채권과 상품유가증권, 투자유가증권의 합으로 정의되는 유가증권을 고려하였으며, 투입물로는 단위당 투입가격을 고려하기 위해서 직원수 1인당 인건비(인건비/직원수), 예금 1단위당 예금이자(예금이자/예금), 유형자산 1 단위당 판관비(판관비/유형자산)를 고려하였다. 전체 신용협동조합의 효율성 분석결과 50%의 신용협동조합들이 가장 효율적인 신용협동조합보다 약 17% 이상 비효율적인 것으로 나타났고, 상위25%의 신용협동조합들이 가장 효율적인 신용협동조합보다 약 9% 이하로 비효율적인 것으로 나타났다. 지역과 자산규모에 따라서 신용협동조합별로 효율성의 차이가 있었는데, 서울과 대구에서는 규모간 효율성의 차이가 없었지만 나머지 지역들에서는 중규모 신용협동조합의 효율성이 대규모 신용협동조합의 효율성보다 큰 것으로 나타났다.