Efficiency of Polish seaports against the background of the largest ports in Europe
Efficiency of Polish seaports against the background of the largest ports in Europe
Author(s): Joanna DomagałaSubject(s): Business Economy / Management, International relations/trade, Transport / Logistics
Published by: Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: seaports; efficiency; Data Envelopment Analysis;
Summary/Abstract: Seaport efficiency are the critical factors for handling of goods in the international supply chains and plays an important role in trade exchange with other countries. It is important to evaluate efficiency of seaports to reflect their status and reveal their position in competitive environment. The main purpose of this article is to use Data Envelopment Analysis to measure the technical efficiency of main seaports in Poland and main seaports in Europe. Data Envelopment Analysis enables one to assess how efficiently a Polish seaports uses the available inputs to generate a set of outputs relative to other units in the data set. The analysis gives a possibility to create an efficiency ranking of seaports.
- Issue Year: 4/2019
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 77-85
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English