Use of Data Envelopment Analysis to Assess the Relative Efficiency of Laptop Computer Manufacturers: An Empirical Study

From: International Journal of Management | Date: June 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

This investigation examines the efficiency of 12 Taiwanese laptop manufacturers in 2002. This study demonstrates the feasibility of adopting Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to identify individual manufacturing firms that are less efficient than other ones. Efficiency is measured in terms of output variables relative to input variables. In this study, a DEA model consisting of three inputs and three outputs is applied. The input variables are Operating Expenses, Non-Operating Expenses and Operating Costs, and the output variables are Operating Revenue, Non-Operating Revenue and Assets. The ...

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