Projects

Principal investigator

1) National Science Centre (NCN), "Corporate social responsibility, and efficiency and productivity change of firms", years 2017-2022.

Papers published:

1. Aparicio, J., Kapelko, M., Ortiz, L., (2023), "Enhancing the measurement of firm inefficiency accounting for Corporate Social Responsibility: A dynamic Data Envelopment Analysis fuzzy approach", European Journal of Operational Research, 306(2): 986-997.  

2. Horeva, A., Kapelko, M. (2023), "Evaluation of the efficiency and Corporate Social Responsibility of the transport industry using the Data Envelopment Analysis method", Gospodarka Materiałowa i Logistyka, forthcoming.  

3. Kapelko, M., Oude Lansink, A. (2022), "Measuring firms' dynamic inefficiency accounting for Corporate Social Responsibility in the US food and beverage manufacturing industry", Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 44(4): 1702-1721.  

4. Kapelko, M. (2022), "Environmental inefficiency of the world construction industry", in "Current Perspectives and New Directions in Mechanics, Modelling and Design of Structural Systems ", edited by A. Zingoni, pages 1578-1582 , Routledge (CRC Press). 

5.  Kapelko, M., Oude Lansink, A., Zofío, J.L. (2022), "Endogenous dynamic inefficiency and optimal resource allocation: An application to the European Dietetic Food Industry", European Journal of Operational Research, 303(3): 1444-1457. 

6. Kapelko, M., Harasym, J., Orkusz, A., Piwowar, A. (2022), "Cross-national comparison of dynamic inefficiency for European dietetic food manufacturing firms", Technological and Economic Development of Economy, 28(4): 893–919.  

7. Aparicio, J., Kapelko, M., Ortiz, L. (2021), "Modelling environmental inefficiency under a quota system", Operational Research, 21(2): 1097-1124.

8. Kapelko, M., Oude Lansink, A., Stefanou, S.E. (2021), "Measuring dynamic inefficiency in the presence of corporate social responsibility and input indivisibilities",  Expert Systems with Applications, 176: 114849.

9. Kapelko, M., Oude Lansink, A., Guillamon-Saorin, E. (2021), "The relationship between corporate social responsibility and input- and investment-specific dynamic productivity change in the US food and beverage manufacturing industry", Agribusiness, 37(2): 286-305.  

10. Kapelko, M. (2021), "Assessing Corporate Social Responsibility efficiency for the internationalfood and beverage manufacturing industry", Proceedings in Food System Dynamics, 56-63.  

11. Aparicio, J., Kapelko, M., Zofío, J.L. (2020), "The measurement of environmental economic inefficiency with pollution-generating technologies", Resource and Energy Economics, 62: 101185. 

12. Aparicio, J., Kapelko, M., Monge, J.F. (2020), "A well-defined composite indicator based on the Principle of Least Action and Data Envelopment Analysis: An application to Corporate Social Responsibility data", Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 186 (1), 299-323. 

13. Kapelko, M. (2020), "Corporate social responsibility and firms' dynamic productivity change", in "Advances in Efficiency and Productivity II", edited by J. Aparicio, C. A.K. Lovell, J.T. Pastor, J. Zhu, pages 145-158, Springer. 

14. Aparicio, J., Kapelko, M. (2019), "Enhancing the measurement of composite indicators of corporate social performance ", Social Indicators Research, 144(2): 807-826.

15. Guillamon-Saorin, E., Kapelko, M., Stefanou, S.E. (2018), "Corporate social responsibility and operational inefficiency: A dynamic approach", Sustainability, 10: 1-26.

Papers under review:

1. Kapelko, M., Oude Lansink, A., Stefanou, S.E., "Multidirectional dynamic inefficiency analysis: An extension to include Corporate Social Responsibility".

2) National Science Centre (NCN), "Investigations into dynamic inefficiency and dynamic productivity change. Analysis in the European firms in the food manufacturing industry before and during economic crisis" (UMO-2013/11/D/HS4/00252), years 2014-2017.

Papers published:

1. Kapelko, M. (2019), “Measuring productivity growth accounting for adjustment costs: Evidence from the food industry in the European Union”, Annals of Operations Research, 278(1): 215-234. 

2. Kapelko, M., Oude Lansink, A. (2018), "Managerial and program inefficiency for European meat manufacturing firms: A dynamic multidirectional inefficiency analysis approach", Journal of Productivity Analysis, 49(1): 25-36.

3. Kapelko, M. (2017). "Dynamic versus static inefficiency assessment of the Polish meat-processing industry in the aftermath of the European Union integration and financial crisis", Agribusiness, 33(4): 505-521

4. Kapelko, M., Oude Lansink, A., Stefanou, S.E. (2017), "The impact of the 2008 economic crisis on dynamic productivity growth of the Spanish food manufacturing industry. An impulse response analysis", Agricultural Economics, 48(5): 561-571.

5. Kapelko, M., Oude Lansink, A., Stefanou, S.E. (2017), "Input-specific dynamic productivity change: Measurement and application to European dairy manufacturing firms", Journal of Agricultural Economics, 68(2): 579-599

6. Kapelko, M., Oude Lansink, A. (2017), “Dynamic multi-directional inefficiency analysis of European dairy manufacturing firms”, European Journal of Operational Research, 257(1): 338-344.

7. Kapelko, M., Oude Lansink, A., Stefanou, S.E. (2016), "Investment age and dynamic productivity growth in the Spanish food processing industry", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 98(3): 946-961. 

8. Kapelko, M., Oude Lansink, A., Stefanou, S.E. (2015), "Effect of food regulation on the Spanish food processing industry: A dynamic productivity analysis", PLoS ONE, 10(6): e0128217. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128217.  

9. Kapelko, M., Oude Lansink, A., Stefanou, S.E. (2015), "Analyzing the impact of investment spikes on dynamic productivity growth", OMEGA - The International Journal of Management Science, 54: 116-124. 

3) Wageningen School of Social Sciences, "Efficiency and productivity analysis of firms ", January 2012-December 2019.

Publications:

1. Kapelko, M., Oude Lansink, A. (2020). "Dynamic cost inefficiency of the European Union meat processing firms", Journal of Agricultural Economics, 71: 760-777.

2. Kapelko, M. (2018), "Measuring inefficiency for specific inputs using Data Envelopment Analysis: Evidence from construction industry in Spain and Portugal", Central European Journal of Operations Research, 26: 43-66.

3. Horta, I.M., Kapelko, M., Oude Lansink, A., Camanho, A.S. (2016), "The impact of internationalization and diversification on construction industry performance", International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 20: 172-183.

4. Kapelko, M., Oude Lansink, A. (2015), "An international comparison of productivity change in the textile and clothing industry: A bootstrapped Malmquist Index approach", Empirical Economics, 48: 1499-1523.

5. Oude Lansink, A., Stefanou, S.E., Kapelko, M. (2015), "The impact of inefficiency on diversification", Journal of Productivity Analysis, 44: 189-198.

6. Kapelko, M., Horta, I.M., Camanho, A.S., Oude Lansink, A. (2015), "Measurement of input-specific productivity growth with an application to the construction industry in Spain and Portugal", International Journal of Production Economics, 166: 64-71.

7. Kapelko, M., Oude Lansink, A. (2016), "Technical efficiency and its determinants in the Spanish construction sector pre- and post-financial crisis", International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 19: 96-109.

8. Kapelko, M., Oude Lansink, A., Stefanou, S.E. (2014), "Assessing dynamic inefficiency of the Spanish construction sector pre- and post-financial crisis", European Journal of Operational Research, 237: 349-357.

9. Kapelko, M., Oude Lansink, A. (2014), "Examining the relation between intangible assets and technical efficiency in the international textile and clothing industry", The Journal of The Textile Institute, 105: 491-501.

4) Catalan Accounting and Business Association (Associació Catalana de Comptabilitat i Direcció), "Intangibles, competitiveness and performance. International comparative analysis in the textile and apparel industry", May 2007-May 2008.

Publications:

1. Kapelko, M. (2009), Doctoral dissertation "Intangible assets and efficiency. International analysis in the textile and apparel industry". Consorci de Biblioteques Universitàries de Catalunya (CBUC) y el Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya (CESCA): Spain, ISBN 978-84-692-4894-2. 

2. Kapelko, M., Rialp-Criado, J. (2009), "Efficiency of the textile and clothing industry in Poland and Spain", Fibres and Textiles in Eastern Europe. 3(74), pages 7-10. 

Investigator

1) Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación ), “Optimization and evaluation of resources: Methodological and computational advances and applications" (ref. PID2019-105952GB-I00 ), years 2020-2023, principal investigators: Juan Aparicio Baeza and Javier Alcaraz Soria. 

2) Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Programme “Regional Initiative of Excellence”, "INTEREKON" (project number 015/RID/2018/19), years 2019-2023 , principal investigator Ewa Stańczyk-Hugiet. Action Inter Team, "Creative sectors in food industry vs added value in bioeconomy", years 2019-2021, principal investigator Joanna Harasym. 

3) Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad), “Efficiency and productivity. Methodological advances and applications” (ref. MTM2016-79765-P), years 2017-2019, principal investigator: Juan Aparicio Baeza. 

4) Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación), "Amenazas estrategico-ambientales y revelación voluntaria de información” (ref. ECO2010-22105-C03-03), years 2011 – 2013, principal investigator: Manuel Núñez-Nickel.

5) Directorate General for Universities of Madrid (Dirección General de Universidades de la Comunidad de Madrid), “Infoinnova: orientación emprendedora e innovación: información, flexibilidad y mercados” (ref. S2007/HUM-0413), years 2008 – 2011, principal investigator: Manuel Núñez-Nickel.  

6) Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación), “Revelación voluntaria de información como resultado de factores económicos, institucionales y éticos” (ref. SEJ2007-67582-C02-02), years 2007 – 2010, principal investigator: Manuel Núñez-Nickel.  

7) Catalan Government (Generalitat de Catalunya - Agència de Gestió d’Ajusts Universitaris i de Recerca AGAUR),  “Grup de recerca sobre avaluació de les organitzacions”, years 2005 – 2008, principal investigator: Diego Prior Jiménez.