Since previous frameworks and methods for evaluation of national R&D have mainly focused on short-term R&D outputs, long-term R&D outcomes have been neglected so that they have failed to be fully utilized and spread. Thus, it is imperative to mirror long-term R&D outcomes in performance...

The wave of consolidation and the rapid increase in market concentration that took place in most Latin American countries has generated concerns about the rise in banks' market power and its potential effects on consumers. This paper advances the existing literature by testing the market power...

Measuring relative efficiency of academic units which have similar area of research, methodology and resource profiles, has often been the subject of interest. To have such similarities among those units, make sense for the comparison of those units via data envelopment analysis(DEA). In this...

The author makes an attempt to assess the relative efficiency of Polish commercial banks using non-paramteric Data Envelopment Analysis. In the empirical research, use has been made of panel data – 24 commercial banks in 4 years (2001–2004). The results of sequential DEA method (which...

In the article, the author presents Data Envelopment Analysis, which is a method for measuring relative technical efficiency. The idea of DEA method is illustrated by a simple example, where objects characterized by one input and one output only are considered. Next, a the basic DEA model (CCR...

Classic DEA models (e.g., CCR or super-efficiency DEA) assume that inputs are complementary and there is no substitution of inputs. The lack of substitution is a result of using the same input multiplier for all inputs. The author indicates that there is a possibility of including the...

This article contains a method for classifying Data Envelopment Analysis models. Two main criteria i.e. orientation and returns to scale are used. These criteria enable distinguishing between oriented and non-oriented DEA models with constant and variable returns to scale. Basic properties of...

Cet article décrit, en recourrant aux approches DEA et aux frontières de production stochastisques, la mise en place d'un outil de benchmaking interne dans le secteur des services. Il permet également de valider l'utilisation de temps standards d'opérations lorsque la fonction de production...