Performance evaluation of e-commerce firms in China: Using three-stage data envelopment analysis and the Malmquist productivity index.

As a new business form of international trade and electronic commerce, e-commerce has been a controversial topic that has attracted the attention of scholars and industry professionals. This study estimated the operating efficiency and total factor productivity (TFP) of listed e-commerce firms in Ch...

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Autores principales:	Sufang Zheng, Rabnawaz Khan
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:deecfb6968134cd9abd6c332360da91e2021-12-02T20:18:23ZPerformance evaluation of e-commerce firms in China: Using three-stage data envelopment analysis and the Malmquist productivity index.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0255851https://doaj.org/article/deecfb6968134cd9abd6c332360da91e2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255851https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203As a new business form of international trade and electronic commerce, e-commerce has been a controversial topic that has attracted the attention of scholars and industry professionals. This study estimated the operating efficiency and total factor productivity (TFP) of listed e-commerce firms in China from 2015 to 2019. Three related methodologies were applied: data envelopment analysis (DEA), the Malmquist TFP index, and stochastic frontier analysis. The DEA analysis results showed that environmental variables exerted a substantial effect on technical efficiency. Most firms demonstrated effective technical efficiency after adjustment for input variables. Business-to-business firms had the highest operating efficiency, followed by business-to-consumer and production-to-consumer firms. Technical progress and scale were identified as two major factors affecting improvement in TFP. Hence, e-commerce firms should make full use of advanced technology and aim to achieve economies of scale.Sufang ZhengRabnawaz KhanPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 8, p e0255851 (2021)
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description	As a new business form of international trade and electronic commerce, e-commerce has been a controversial topic that has attracted the attention of scholars and industry professionals. This study estimated the operating efficiency and total factor productivity (TFP) of listed e-commerce firms in China from 2015 to 2019. Three related methodologies were applied: data envelopment analysis (DEA), the Malmquist TFP index, and stochastic frontier analysis. The DEA analysis results showed that environmental variables exerted a substantial effect on technical efficiency. Most firms demonstrated effective technical efficiency after adjustment for input variables. Business-to-business firms had the highest operating efficiency, followed by business-to-consumer and production-to-consumer firms. Technical progress and scale were identified as two major factors affecting improvement in TFP. Hence, e-commerce firms should make full use of advanced technology and aim to achieve economies of scale.
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title	Performance evaluation of e-commerce firms in China: Using three-stage data envelopment analysis and the Malmquist productivity index.
title_short	Performance evaluation of e-commerce firms in China: Using three-stage data envelopment analysis and the Malmquist productivity index.
title_full	Performance evaluation of e-commerce firms in China: Using three-stage data envelopment analysis and the Malmquist productivity index.
title_fullStr	Performance evaluation of e-commerce firms in China: Using three-stage data envelopment analysis and the Malmquist productivity index.
title_full_unstemmed	Performance evaluation of e-commerce firms in China: Using three-stage data envelopment analysis and the Malmquist productivity index.
title_sort	performance evaluation of e-commerce firms in china: using three-stage data envelopment analysis and the malmquist productivity index.
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Performance evaluation of e-commerce firms in China: Using three-stage data envelopment analysis and the Malmquist productivity index.

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