In this contribution, first the concept of returns to growth (RTG) of a high-tech firm facing hyper-competition in the new economy is introduced by describing a proportional relationship between growth in inputs and growth in outputs using the growth efficiency (GE) model of Sengupta (2002)....

This paper covers some of the past accomplishments of DEA and its future prospects. It starts with the engineering-science definitions of efficiency and uses the duality theory of linear programming to show how, in DEA, they can be related to the Pareto-Koopmens definitions used in welfare...

General Discussion -- The Basic CCR Model -- The CCR Model and Production Correspondence -- Alternative DEA Models -- Returns to Scale -- Models with Restricted Multipliers -- Discretionary, Non-discretionary and Categorical Variables -- Allocation Models -- Data Variations.

Designed to provide a systematic introduction to DEA and its uses as a multifaceted tool for evaluating problems in a variety of contexts. This volume reviews the basic principles taught in the authors' successful textbook, "Data Envelopment Analysis." This package includes the book in a CD-ROM...

"Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has grown has grown into a powerful quantitative, analytical tool for measuring and evaluating performance. It has been successfully applied to a host of different entities engaged in a wide variety of activities in many complex, multi-layered contexts worldwide....