DEA/assurance region SBDC efficiency and unique projections

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Thompson, RG; Dharmapala, PS; Gatewood, EJ; Macy, S; Thrall, RM
• 署名单位: University of Houston System; University of Houston; University of Houston System; University of Houston; Rice University
• 刊物名称: OPERATIONS RESEARCH
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0030-364X
• DOI: 10.1287/opre.44.4.533
• 发表日期: 1996
• 页码: 533-542
• 关键词: organizational studies; PRODUCTIVITY; leadership; PLANNING; GOVERNMENT; finance; management

摘要

The University of Houston (UH) Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) were analyzed by Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Assurance Region (AR) methods. The DEA/AR analyses were made for 11 DMUs in 1990 and 1991 and for 13 DMUs in 1992. The DEA ratio (CCR) method was applied to Model I in all three years; unique optimal solutions to the DEA-inefficient DMUs were verified. Also, ARs were applied to eliminate some DEA-efficient DMUs requiring unreasonable multipliers to maximize efficiency. In addition, measures of returns-to-scale (RTS) intervals from application of the DEA convex (BCC) method in 1992 showed several additional DEA-efficient DMUs needed some additional funds to work toward the most productive scale size.