Productivity in the US Consumer Drug Store Business

Abstract

This chapter develops a productivity analysis of the US consumer drug store business using data envelopment analysis. This study concerns itself with five major US consumer drug chains. The output variables used are profit, total revenue, and prescription revenues. The input variables are number of pharmacists, number of drug store assets, and capital equity.

Citation

Lawrence, K.D., Kudyba, S.P., Lawrence, S.M. and Pai, D.R. (2020), "Productivity in the US Consumer Drug Store Business", Lawrence, K.D. and Pai, D.R. (Ed.) Applications of Management Science (Applications of Management Science, Vol. 20), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 157-161. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0276-897620200000020011