The purpose of this paper is to briefly trace the evolution of DEA from the initial publication
by Charnes et al.(1978b) to the current state of the art (SOA). The state of development of …

This paper reviews 188 published papers on frontier efficiency measurement. The
techniques used are mainly based on non-parametric data envelopment analysis, but there …

A regional disparity is becoming increasingly important growth constraint. Policy makers
need quantitative knowledge to design effective and targeted policies. In this paper, the …

The purpose of this paper is to examine the possibility of measuring efficiency in the context
of higher education. The paper begins by exploring the advantages and drawbacks of the …

There has been increasing interest in measuring the productive performance of health care
services, since the mid-1980s. This paper reviews this literature and, in particular, the …

This paper provides the first taxonomy of hospital efficiency studies that uses data
envelopment analysis (DEA) and related techniques. We provide a systematic review of 79 …

Health care institutions worldwide are increasingly the subject of analyses aimed at defining,
measuring, and improving organizational efficiency. However, despite the importance of …

A strange case of the cost and allocative efficiencies in DEA Page 1 Journal of the Operational
Research Society (2002) 53, 1225–1231 ©2002 Operational Research Society Ltd. All rights …

A sample of one hundred and seventy‐seven New South Wales' local governments is used
to compare the data envelopment analysis (DEA) and stochastic frontier approaches to cost …

This paper develops a productivity index applicable when producers are cost minimisers
and input prices are known. The index is inspired by the Malmquist index as extended to …