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A New Input-Oriented Plant Capacity Notion: Definition and Empirical Comparison

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  • Giovanni Cesaroni

    (Department for local development, Prime Minister’s, Rome, Italy)

  • Kristiaan Kerstens

    (CNRS-LEM and IESEG School of Management)

  • Ignace Van de Woestyne

    (KU Leuven, Belgium)

Abstract

Starting from the existing output-oriented plant capacity measure, this paper proposes a new inputoriented plant capacity measure. Furthermore, we empirically illustrate both input- and outputoriented utilisation. In particular, we thereby pay attention to the impact of convexity of the technology on both input- and output-oriented plant capacity measures.

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  • Giovanni Cesaroni & Kristiaan Kerstens & Ignace Van de Woestyne, 2016. "A New Input-Oriented Plant Capacity Notion: Definition and Empirical Comparison," Working Papers 2016-EQM-08, IESEG School of Management.
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