DocumentCode
2218695
Title
Analysis of Scale Economy in Diversified Railway Logistics Based on DEA
Author
Lipeng, Feng ; Guohua, Zhou
Author_Institution
Dept. of Econ. & Manage., Southwest Jiaotong Univ., Chengdu, China
Volume
1
fYear
2010
fDate
26-28 Nov. 2010
Firstpage
430
Lastpage
433
Abstract
The paper analyzes the logistics industry in diversified railway with data development analysis, and then empirical studies scale efficiency and scale economy with CRS and VRS on the basis of the statistic materials of diversified railway logistics enterprises in 14 railway bureaus. The result shows that diversified railway logistics in total has scale economy, but has not optimal scale point. Its trend is waving. Scale efficiency is decreasing from 2006 to 2009, and the scale efficiency difference is expanding, which is the main reason to the decrease of operating efficiency in diversified railway logistics.
Keywords
data envelopment analysis; economies of scale; logistics; railway industry; CRS; DEA; VRS; data development analysis; logistics industry; railway logistics enterprise; scale economy; scale efficiency; statistic material;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Information Management, Innovation Management and Industrial Engineering (ICIII), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Kunming
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-8829-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICIII.2010.110
Filename
5694439
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