Strategic groups based on marginal rates : an application to the Spanish banking industry. [PDF]
This paper uses Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to identify strategic groups (SGs) in the Spanish banking industry. The concept of SG relies on the fact that firms grouped together value inputs and outputs in the same way.
Prior, Diego, Surroca, Jordi
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On the Use of Data Envelopment Analysis in Hedge Fund Performance Appraisal [PDF]
This paper aims to show that Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is an efficient tool to assist investors in multiple criteria decision-making tasks like assessing hedge fund performance.
Huyen Nguyen-Thi-Thanh
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Bank Ownership, Characteristics and Performance: A Comparative Analysis of Domestic and Foreign Islamic Banks in Malaysia [PDF]
The paper investigates the performance of Malaysian Islamic banking sector during the period of 2001-2005. Several efficiency estimates of individual banks are evaluated using non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA).
Abdul Majid, Muhamed Zulkhibri +1 more
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Benchmarking the Health Sector in Germany – An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis [PDF]
At present, a first round of hospital benchmarking as required by German law on health care reform takes place. After extensive discussions between hospitals and insurance companies, which are jointly responsible to deliver benchmarking results, a method
Maik Hammerschmidt, Matthias Staat
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Efficiency in the Romanian Banking System: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis [PDF]
The paper analyzes the efficiency and productivity of the Romanian banks from 2006-08. It uses a non-parametric approach, the data envelopment analysis (DEA) to analyze banks’ efficiency. Based on a sample of 15 commercial banks, our findings reveal that
Mihai NITOI
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Three decades in healthcare service efficiency evaluation: a bootstrapping Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) of Ministry of Health Malaysia. [PDF]
Health Econ RevZulfakhar Zubir M +10 more
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Management Quality Measurement: Using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Estimation Approach for Banks in Brazil [PDF]
While the quality of a bank's management is generally acknowledged to be a key contributor to a financial institutional failure, it is usually not calculated for lack of an objective measure.
Pires Gonçalves, Ricardo
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Approach in inputs & outputs selection of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) efficiency measurement in hospitals: A systematic review. [PDF]
PLoS OneZubir MZ +6 more
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Alternative Measures of Total Factor Productivity Growth [PDF]
The four main approaches to the measurement of total factor productivity (TFP)-growth and its decomposition are (i) Solow's residual analysis, (ii) the Index Number Approach, (iii) Input-Output Analysis (IO), and (iv) Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA).The ...
Raa, T. ten, Shestalova, V.
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Optimizing immunization services: A Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) of child immunization facilities in Pakistan. [PDF]
PLoS OneAhmad T +9 more
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