Urban public transport seeks the mobility of citizens within the municipal area, and it is a service whose importance is on the increase as a consequence of the ever more dynamic changes in life and work. This chapter analysis companies that provided services for Italian cities in 2010, estimating the environmental efficiency for the service, using DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) technique. In the Italian context, both large enterprises and SMEs operate and this study compares whether the differences in efficiency levels can be explained in terms of the type of company.

Environmental Efficiency Analysis of Bus Transport in Italy: SMEs vs. Large Companies

Simona Alfiero;Massimo Cane;Ruggiero Doronzo;Alfredo Esposito
2018-01-01

Abstract

Urban public transport seeks the mobility of citizens within the municipal area, and it is a service whose importance is on the increase as a consequence of the ever more dynamic changes in life and work. This chapter analysis companies that provided services for Italian cities in 2010, estimating the environmental efficiency for the service, using DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) technique. In the Italian context, both large enterprises and SMEs operate and this study compares whether the differences in efficiency levels can be explained in terms of the type of company.
2018
Maintaining Sustainable Accounting Systems in Small Business.
IGI Global
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9781522552673
https://www.igi-global.com/book/maintaining-sustainable-accounting-systems-small/187280
Data Envelopment Analysis; DEA; Private; Public; CO2; Emission; Slack Based Model; Managerial; Scale Efficiency.
Simona Alfiero; Massimo Cane; Ruggiero Doronzo; Alfredo Esposito
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