Capacity Issues and Efficiency Drivers in Brazilian Bulk Terminals
This paper presents an efficiency analysis of Brazilian bulk terminals built upon the conjoint use of Data Envelopment Analysis and the bootstrapping technique. Confidence intervals and bias corrected central estimates were used as cornerstone tools, not only to test for significant differences on e...
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| description | This paper presents an efficiency analysis of Brazilian bulk terminals built upon the conjoint use of Data Envelopment Analysis and the bootstrapping technique. Confidence intervals and bias corrected central estimates were used as cornerstone tools, not only to test for significant differences on efficiency scores and their reciprocals, but also on returns to scale indicators provided by different DEA models. The results of the study suggest that most Brazilian bulk terminals present increasing returns-to-scale, that is, they are too small in size comparatively to the tasks performed, indicating a capacity shortfall. Results also suggest paths for improving efficiency levels in a scenario of low investments and capacity constraints: privatization and cargo specialization. A final contribution to the literature lays on the development a simple methodology to assess returns-to-scale based on bootstrap results. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-394bdcc9ca8144208189ade8cb66b9482025-02-06T23:39:30ZengFUCAPE Business SchoolBBR: Brazilian Business Review1807-734X2014-01-011157298Capacity Issues and Efficiency Drivers in Brazilian Bulk TerminalsPeter Fernandes WankeRebecca de MattosThis paper presents an efficiency analysis of Brazilian bulk terminals built upon the conjoint use of Data Envelopment Analysis and the bootstrapping technique. Confidence intervals and bias corrected central estimates were used as cornerstone tools, not only to test for significant differences on efficiency scores and their reciprocals, but also on returns to scale indicators provided by different DEA models. The results of the study suggest that most Brazilian bulk terminals present increasing returns-to-scale, that is, they are too small in size comparatively to the tasks performed, indicating a capacity shortfall. Results also suggest paths for improving efficiency levels in a scenario of low investments and capacity constraints: privatization and cargo specialization. A final contribution to the literature lays on the development a simple methodology to assess returns-to-scale based on bootstrap results.http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=123032385004data envelopment analysisbootstrappingreturnstoscaleconvexityports |
| spellingShingle | Peter Fernandes Wanke Rebecca de Mattos Capacity Issues and Efficiency Drivers in Brazilian Bulk Terminals BBR: Brazilian Business Review data envelopment analysis bootstrapping returns to scale convexity ports |
| title | Capacity Issues and Efficiency Drivers in Brazilian Bulk Terminals |
| title_full | Capacity Issues and Efficiency Drivers in Brazilian Bulk Terminals |
| title_fullStr | Capacity Issues and Efficiency Drivers in Brazilian Bulk Terminals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Capacity Issues and Efficiency Drivers in Brazilian Bulk Terminals |
| title_short | Capacity Issues and Efficiency Drivers in Brazilian Bulk Terminals |
| title_sort | capacity issues and efficiency drivers in brazilian bulk terminals |
| topic | data envelopment analysis bootstrapping returns to scale convexity ports |
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