As an important component of the national innovation system, universities have received widespread attention in recent years regarding their Scientific and Technological Innovation (STI) efficiency. This study considers a new perspective for viewing talent cultivation, scientific research, and...

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is commonly employed to evaluate the efficiency performance of a decision making unit (DMU) that transforms exogenous inputs into final outputs. In such a black-box DEA approach, details of an internal production process of the DMU are typically ignored and hence...