Academic research

Journals

1. Lu, Y. H, K. H. Chen and J. C. Wu, 2014, “A Cross-country Analysis of Efficiency and Productivity in the Biotech Industry - an Application of the Generalized Metafrontier Malmquist Productivity Index”, Agricultural Economics (Zem?d?lska ekonomika) (SSCI). (Acceptance)
2. Chen, P. C and Y. H, Lu, 2014, “The Impact of Reform on the Production Efficiency of Taiwan’s Farmers’ Credit Unions: An Application of a Two-stage Production System with Undesirable Output”, Academia Economic Papers (TSSCI). (Acceptance)
3. Lu, Y. H, Y. H, Chiu, C. R, Chiu and Y. C, Hung, 2014, “Two-stage efficiency measurement and technological heterogeneity: Evidence from the biotechnological industry in Taiwan,” Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research (SCI), 31(1), 19 pages.
4. Tsang, S. S, Y. F, Chen, Y. H, Lu and C. R, Chiu, 2014, “Assessing productivity in the presence of negative data and undesirable outputs,” The Service Industries Journal (SSCI), 34(2): 162-174.
5. Lu, Y. H and K. H. Chen, 2013, “Appraising the Cost Efficiency of Higher Technological and Vocational Education Institutions in Taiwan Using the Metafrontier Cost-Function Model,” Research in Higher Education (SSCI), 54(6): 627-663.
6. Lu, Y. H. and C. F. Chen, 2012, “Research note: Analysing the efficiency of the Taiwanese hotel industry: a stochastic metafrontier approach”, Tourism Economics (SSCI), 18(5): 1143-1150.
7. Lu, Y. H, Y. T. Wang and C. R. Chiu, 2012, “A Comparison of Waste Inefficiency in East Asian Countries,” OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development, 3(4), 39-49.
8. Lu, H. W, Y. H. Lu, and H. M. Yang, 2009, "Ordered Categorical Data in Fuzzy Ranking Applied to Service Quality for Western Restaurants", International Journal of Information and Management Sciences (TSSCI), 20(4), 505-518.
9. Lu, Y. H. and T. T. Fu, 2009. “The Cost and Managerial Efficiencies of Universities/Colleges of Technology in Taiwan: In Terms of Output Quality”, Educational Policy Forum, 12(4), 1-31.
10. Lu, Y. H, 2008. “Assessing the Risk Attitude, Productivity and Cost Structure of the Credit Department of Farmer’s Associations in Taiwan”, Taiwanese Agricultural Economic Review, 14(1), 1-37.
11. Lu, Y. H. and C. M. Hsu, 2008. “The Relationship among Cost-Structure, Market-Power, and Profitability in Taiwan Securities Investment Trust Companies “, Journal of Financial Review, 9, 58-78.
12. Lu, Y. H., and T. T. Fu, 2007. “Efficiency Evaluation of Polytechnic Higher Education Institutions with Considering Output Quality and Institutional Characteristics“, Management Review, 37, 26(2), 1-21.
13. Lu, Y. H., T. T. Fu, and H. W. Lu, 2006. “The Economies of Scale and Scope of Farmer Associations in Taiwan“, Agriculture and Economics, 37, 31-61.

Seminars

1. Lu, Y. H, P. C. Chen and T. Y. Hsiao, 2013, “Operational Efficiency in Credit Departments of Farmers' Associations with Consideration of Non-Performing Loans and Negative Values: Application of Dynamic Network DEA”, Business and Social Science Research Conference: Paris 2013, France.
2. Lu, C. H., M. S. Lin, Y. H. Lu, and H. P. Yu, 2013, “Construction and Evaluation of Physician Assessment Indicators”, Business and Social Science Research Conference: Paris 2013, France.
3. Chuang, H. H., H. J. Chung, Y. H. Lu and C. H. Lu, 2013, “Dietary habits of teenage school children in mid-southern region of Taiwan,” 2013 International Conference on Diabetes and Metabolism, Korea.
4. Lu, Y. H, J. L. Liou and C. R. Chiu, 2012, “Evaluating the productivity of international tourist hotels in the presence of quasi-fixed inputs and negative outputs”, 發表於「台灣生產力與效率學術研討會」.
5. Lu, Y. H. and L. J. Hung, 2012, “Applied a New Metafrontier Approach to Evaluating Efficiency and Productivity of the Biotechnology Companies: A Cross-country Analysis”, 11th Annual International Conference on Health Economics, Management & Policy, Athens, Greece.
6. Huang, W. T, Y. H. Hsu, C. Y. Chien, W. Y. Chen and Y. H. Lu, 2012, 「An Application of Metafrontier Cost Model Measuring the Cost Efficiency and metatechnology Ratio in Credit Department of Farmers’ Association」, The Fifth International Conference of the Thailand Econometric Society, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
7. Lu, Y. H., Y. T. Wang and C. R. Chiu, 2011, “A Comparison of Waste Inefficiency in East Asian Countries”, International Conference on Sustainable Development 2011, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
8. Lee, J. Y., J. W. Chang and Y. H. Lu, 2011, “Measuring the productivity of global biotechnology companies: An application of GDF in metafrontier Malmquist productivity indices”, XII European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, Verona, Italy.
9. Wang, S. C., Y. H. Lu and Y. T. Wang, 2011, “The Impact of the Financial Crisis on the Changes of the Productivities of the Biotechnological Companies in Asia Pacific Rim: the Application of the Input-orientated Distance Function”, Third Annual American Business Research Conference, NY, US.
10. Lu, Y. H., S. C. Wang and L. J. Hung, 2010, “The Cost Efficiency Analysis of Chemical and Biotechnology and Medical Care Firms in Taiwan”, 2010 International (Summer) Conference on Asia Pacific Business Innovation & Technology Management, Beijing, China.
11. Lu, Y. H and J. C. Wu, 2010, “A Cross-Country Efficiency and Productivity Analysis of Biotech Industry”, 2010 International (Summer) Conference on Asia Pacific Business Innovation & Technology Management, Beijing, China.
12. Chen, S. H., H. H. Liu, and Y. H. Lu, 2010, “What Determines Efficiency Difference between Foreign and Domestic Banks around the World? The Role of Institutions and Bank Regulation between Home and Host Country”, 2010 North American Productivity Workshop, Houston.
13. Ting, C. T, Y. H. Lu, and Y. J. Lai, 2009, “The Applications of Three-stage Data Envelopment Analysis to City Innovation Efficiency,” 2009 The International Conference on Industrial Globalization and Technology Innovation Agenda, Xian City, China.
14. Fu, Tsu-Tan, and Yung-Hsiang Lu, 2006, “Heterogeneous Output Quality and Efficiency Evaluation of Polytechnic Higher Education Institutions via DEA,” 2006 Conference on Productivity and Efficiency, Taipei, Taiwan.