AN EXAMPLE OF NETWORK DEA – ASSESSMENT OF OPERATING EFFICIENCY OF UNIVERSITIES

• Authors: Chodakowska Ewa
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of the article is to present the use of network DEA for evaluating the efficiency of Polish universities. Network DEA assessment of operating efficiency of universities was compared with the single stage DEA results that focus on teaching efficiency, research efficiency and aggregate performance. The study presented in the paper – though limited in scope – shows that biggest Polish universities are diversified in regard to the efficiency of their performance.

Keywords

EN

DEA; network DEA; efficiency; universities

• Publisher: Katedra Ekonometrii i Statystyki, Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
• Journal: Metody Ilościowe w Badaniach Ekonomicznych
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 75-84

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

author

Chodakowska Ewa

• Faculty of Management, Bialystok, University of Technology

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