In the nonparametric data envelopment analysis literature, scale elasticity is evaluated in two alternative ways: using either the technical efficiency model or the cost efficiency model. This evaluation becomes problematic in several situations, for example (a) when input proportions change in...

The central concept of strategic benchmarking is resource management efciency, which ultimately results in proftability. However, little is known about performance measurement from resource-based perspectives. This study uses the data envelop‑ ment analysis (DEA) model with a dynamic network...