This paper provides an extensive overview of the literature on efficiency in education. It
summarizes the earlier applied inputs, outputs and contextual variables, as well as the used …

What is academic research efficiency and what determines the differences between
scholars' academic research efficiency? The literature on this topic has evolved …

In recent years there has been an exponential growth in the number of publications related
to theory and applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Charnes, Cooper, and …

Universities play an active and important role in the development of a country. They are
centers for generating ideas and knowledge which relates to the development of a country's …

In this article we investigated whether academic departments do experience a trade-off
among different research outputs. More specifically, we define four types of academic …

This paper examined the research efficiency of Chinese higher education institutions with a
sample of 105 universities (35 universities in each group of “Project 211”,“Project 985” and …

The allocation funds mechanisms for universities and their departments seem to be a
complex procedure for state authorities. Consequently, the question of how efficient …

This paper applies data envelopment analysis (DEA) to assess technical efficiency in a big
public university. Particular attention has been paid to two main activities, teaching and …

This study investigates technical efficiency and productivity for Swedish higher education
institutions (HEIs). One identified problem in previous research concerns adjusting efficiency …

Higher education has always played an important role in promoting economic and social
progress. With the rapid development of economy, China's higher education has entered a …