In an increasingly competitive environment, firms have to optimally adjust both their allocation of input factors and their technology portfolio. The latter determines economies of scope and scale in future research and production. The aim of this dissertation is to achieve better insight into...

Since the open door policy was embarked upon in 1979, China s banking sector has undergone gradual but notable reforms. A key objective of the reforms implemented by the Chinese government is to build an effective, competitive and stable banking system in order to improve its efficiency and...

Traditional Data Envelope Analysis (DEA) neglects uncertainty for the input-output variables by treating the observations as if they were the true input-output variables to select reference units for efficiency estimation and performance benchmarking. In stochastic environments, the traditional...

Financial institutions make use of a variety of delivery channels for servicing their customers. The primary channel utilised as a means of acquiring new customers and increasing market share is through the retail branch network. The 1990s saw the Internet explosion and with it a threat to...

The goal of higher education is to provide students an equal opportunity to access their education for success. With significant competition within the peer group, potential students look for quality, flexibility, and affordability in the educational environment. In addition, the relationship...

Our work has several aims. We have evaluated the Quality of life of the regions (NUTS 3 regions) in the Czech Republic, according to the selected criteria by the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method. This method was initially proposed to evaluate the efficiency. In this paper, the level of...

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is used as a tool for technical efficiency evaluation of decision making units. These units are compared with each other. The comparison is based on the size of inputs and outputs. In case of an inefficient unit, there is a possible of ordaining necessary changes...

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is used as a tool for technical efficiency evaluation of decision- making units. The units are compared with each other, which means to compare inputs, outputs and evaluate their efficiency. In case of non-efficiency unit, we can ordain necessary changes for...

Pig production is a very important branch around the world. The paper deals with technical efficiency of pig farms using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). DEA is a technique for measuring of relative performances of different production units, where the presence of multiple inputs and outputs...

The paper examines the determinants of Total Factor Productivity (TFP) of Libyan banks by employing Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) based Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) and Ordinary Least Square (OLS) estimation regression model for the period 2004 – 2010. For estimate TFP and determinants...