Determining the relative efficiency of MBA programs using DEA

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“…According to the rules in [16][17], we can know DMU18 is efficient both in scale and in technology and the others are inefficien In fact, DMU18 is the unit we construct for purpose, which has the smallest inputs and the largest outputs, and it is to be the most efficient one. Compared to it, analysis of each unit's relative efficiency scores provides further insight into its deficiency, we can calculate the target for every inefficient unit, take unit1 as an example, ' DMU1, 3,4,6,7,8,11,13,14,15,16 are operating at increasing returns to scale, in this stage, if the input doubled, the output is greater than doubled, so the company can increase its input to get more output; while DMU2,5,18 are operating constant returns to scale, it means that the company doubles its input, then its output will be doubled; DMU9,10,13 are operating at decreasing returns to scale, in this situation, it is not wise to increase its input.…”

“…It identifies the efficient and inefficient units and provides targets for inefficient ones. So it is widely used when measuring the efficiency of multi-input and multi-output units [15][16][17].…”

Improving discrimination in data envelopment analysis: PCA–DEA or variable reduction

“…Hokkanen and Salminen (1997a, b), Friedman and Sinuany-Stern (1997), Viitala and Hänninen (1998), Colbert et al (2000) and Kocher et al (2006).…”

A portfolio model for performance assessment: theFinancial TimesMBA ranking

“…The performance of MBA programmes has been examined from the point of view of their relative strategic positions (Mar-Molinero and Mingers, 2007;Paucar-Caceres and Thorpe, 2005;Segev et al, 1999) and their efficiencies as determined by frontier analyses such as DEA (Colbert, Levary and Shaner, 2000). However, it is the published rankings which receive most attention, not least by business schools themselves.…”