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The evaluation of the performance of a private or public company, based on the concepts of productivity and efficiency, must be carried out using suitable methodological tools, specifically identified within a production theory. The volume offers an overview of the evolution of the concept of efficiency - and in particular of technical efficiency with respect to production possibilities - and of the methodologies related to measurement problems, through an exposition that examines both the theoretical aspects and the practical ones, with particular reference to the academic environment.

The organic food certification system in Italy, based on the EU legislation, relies on private control bodies (CBs) that are supervised by national authorities. The aim of this paper is to investigate whether it is possible to test for differences in controls outcome based on CBs' behavior. To this extent, we use a multinomial logit model estimated on data corresponding to the results of the inspections in the year 2015 in Italy. The model controls for two fixed effects represented by the type of operator and a contextual variable, i.e., the region where a firm is located. Significant variability in CBs behavior could induce adverse selection in the choice of the CB by organic operators. In this vein, we discuss some implications in terms of policies and consequences for supervision in the conclusions.