The 2014 Asia-Pacific Productivity Conference was held from 8 to 11 July 2014, and consisted of theoretical and applied sessions, as well as special-focus sessions targeting specific industries and topics. This included topics on efficiency and productivity in industries such as the banking and energy sectors, regulated industries, agriculture, USA productivity, EU and APEC productivity, Asia-KLEMS and many more.
We were delighted to present keynote lectures and addresses from the following renowned Scholars:
- Peter Bogetoft
Copenhagen Business School - Rolf Färe
Oregon State University - William Greene
New York University - Dale Jorgenson
Harvard University - Chiang Kao
National Cheng Kung University - Subal Kumbhakar
Binghamton University - Victor Podinovski
Warwick University - Peter Schmidt
Michigan State University - Robin Sickles
Rice University/Loughborough University/University of Queensland - Léopold Simar
Université Catholique de Louvain - Paul Wilson
Clemson University
Papers and slides
Victor Podinovsk
Tailor-made DEA models: An analysis of European farming
Léopold Simar
Least Squares Methods for Stopchastic Fontier Models
Shawna Grosskopf
Efficiency Models for Education (slides)
Would Weighted-student Funding Enhance Intra-district Equity
Video presentations
Rolf Färe
William Greene
Dale Jorgenson
Chiang Kao
Subal Kumbhakar
Victor Podinovski
Peter Schmidt
Robin Sickles
Léopold Simar
Paul W Wilson
Shawna Grosskopf
The conference was made possible due to important and valued support from our sponsors:
Platinum sponsors
Silver sponsors
Sponsors
Venue
The University of Queensland
St Lucia, Queensland 4072