Using Data Envelopment Analysis: A Case of Universities

Artikel

The aim of this article is to analyse appropriateness and adequacy of use of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in several research papers dealing with effectiveness of economy of universities. The Data Envelopment Analysis is an interesting method used for evaluation of technical efficiency of production units. Comparison is the basic method of this article. At the beginning, basic methodological questions of measurement and evaluation of efficiency are analysed, including definitions of terms efficiency and effectiveness, ways of measurement and formulation of appropriate indicators. Based on the given perquisites for measurement and evaluation of efficiency five articles on evaluation of efficiency of universities using DEA method, published in Canada, Australia, Great Britain, Germany and Spain in 1998 - 2008, will be assessed.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: Review of Economic Perspectives ; ISSN: 1804-1663 ; Volume: 14 ; Year: 2014 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 34-54 ; Warsaw: De Gruyter

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Rosenmayer, Tomáš
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): De Gruyter
• (wo): Warsaw
• (wann): 2014

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.2478/revecp-2014-0003
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/179803
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ