Introduction to the theory and application of data envelopment analysis

By E. Thanassoulis. 2001

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Subfields: Management Science and Operations Research

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Social and financial efficiency of Islamic microfinance institutions:a Data Envelopment Analysis application (2015, methodology): “All MFIs data are therefore combined into 462 DMUs in global frontier assessment, thereby making MFI efficiency scores equally comparable to each other relative to single meta-frontier.”
Corporate social responsibility and bank efficiency (2020, background): “, banks in our case, is constructed through a piecewise linear combination of an actual input–output correspondence set that envelops the input–output correspondence of all DMUs in the sample (Thanassoulis, 2001).”
Effect of public subsidies on farm technical efficiency: a meta-analysis of empirical results (2017, methodology): “…relies on programming methods to construct a linear frontier from the best performing farms in the sample at hand (introductory textbooks on DEA include Thanassoulis (2001) and Cooper, Seiford and Zhu (2011); for more advanced pictures on DEA, one can refer to Fried, Lovell and Schmidt (2008).”
Estimating the technical and scale efficiency of Greek commercial banks: The impact of credit risk, off-balance sheet activities, and international operations (2008, background): “The best-practice production frontier for a sample of decision making units (DMUs) is constructed through a piecewise linear combination of actual input-output correspondence set that envelops the input-output correspondence of all DMUs in the sample (Thanassoulis, 2001).”
The efficiency of public and publicly-subsidiz ed high schools in Spain. evidence from pisa-2006 (2010, methodology): “Inefficiencies are then measured through DEA and decomposed into two types: managerial (related to individual performance), and program (related to structural differences between management models), following the approach adopted by Silva Portela & Thanassoulis (2001).”
Performance evaluation of the English Premier Football League with data envelopment analysis (2006, background): “For more details on model development, see Fare et al. (1994), Charnes et al. (1995), Coelli (1996), Coelli et al. (1998), and Thanassoulis (2001).”
A Critical Analysis of DEA Applications to Seaport Economic Efficiency Measurement (2009, methodology): “The DEA technique is concerned with the efficiency of the individual unit, which can be defined as the Unit of Assessment (Thanassoulis, 2001) or the Decision Making Unit (DMU) (Charnes et al., 1978) responsible in controlling the process of production and making decisions at various levels,…”
Measuring and explaining government efficiency in developing countries (2007, background): “Total efficiency is the product of both types of efficiency (Thanassoulis 2001: 27–8).”
Financial conglomeration: efficiency, productivity and strategic drive (2004, methodology): “5 For an introduction to DEA methodology see, among others, Coelli et al. (1998); Thanassoulis (2001); see Lovell (1993) and Seiford (1996) for extensive reviews of this literature.”
The Measurement of Efficiency in Portuguese Hotels Using Data Envelopment Analysis (2006, background): “For further details on model development, see Färe, Grosskopf, and Lovell (1994); Charnes, Cooper, Lewin, and Seiford (1994); Coelli, Rao, and Battese (1998); Cooper, Seiford, and Tone (2000); and Thanassoulis (2001).”