. We calculate efficiency scores for more than 4,800 universities and other research-focused institutions worldwide … the efficiency of institutions worldwide, the problem concerning the availability of internationally standardized data … America or Europe. The results of the study show that institutions in the Pacific region have the highest average efficiency …

An ongoing debate in the literature on efficiency of higher education institutions concerns the indicator for research … universities. Besides the amount of research grants and the absolute number of publications, the number of publications belonging …. We show that there is a high correlation of efficiency values between the estimations using these indicators; however …

propose to also consider the budget available to universities. We transfer the idea of the excellence shift indicator [1] from … shows institutions' ability to produce graduates as measured against their basic academic teaching efficiency. The new … indicator avoids the well-known heterogeneity problem in efficiency measurements. Their politically determined focus on …

propose to also consider the budget available to universities. We transfer the idea of the excellence shift indicator [1] from … shows institutions' ability to produce graduates as measured against their basic academic teaching efficiency. The new … indicator avoids the well-known heterogeneity problem in efficiency measurements. Their politically determined focus on …

While output and impact assessments were initially at the forefront of institutional research evaluations, efficiency … measurements have become popular in recent years. Research efficiency is measured by indicators that relate research output to … to the input. The present study is based on a comprehensive dataset with input- and output-data for 50 US universities …

efficiency of higher education institutions. The overview opens with a look at the general development of the literature, before … the input and output variables, as well as the determinants of efficiency, are discussed in detail. Based on the insights … present study provides the first systematic review on the usage of the stochastic frontier analysis to measure efficiency in …

absence of efficiency enhancing market pressure. To what extent universities are able to eliminate inefficiency is a question … that has only partially been answered. This paper argues that heterogeneity among universities as well as persistent … inefficiency hinder the institutions to achieve full efficiency - at least in the short run. Two standard and one novel …

efficiency of higher education institutions. The overview opens with a look at the general development of the literature, before … the input and output variables, as well as the determinants of efficiency, are discussed in detail. Based on the insights … present study provides the first systematic review on the usage of the stochastic frontier analysis to measure efficiency in …

unobserved institution specific heterogeneity. While the first term reflects the efficiency of the individual universities … efficiency of universities in a fundamental way. Choosing Italy and Germany as two important illustrative examples we can take … from 2001 to 2011. We show that the Italian universities exhibit a higher overall efficiency value than their German …

The purpose of the study is to assess efficiency in public tertiary education systems across EU countries plus Japan … autonomy are positively related to efficiency.  Moreover, the study provides evidence that public spending on tertiary … education is more effective in what concerns labour productivity growth and employability when it is coupled with efficiency. …