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Using Data Envelopment Analysis: A Case of Universities

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.

Language
Englisch

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

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Wirtschaft

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Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Rosenmayer, Tomáš
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
De Gruyter
(where)
Warsaw
(when)
2014

DOI
doi:10.2478/revecp-2014-0003
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  • Rosenmayer, Tomáš
  • De Gruyter

Time of origin

  • 2014

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