Using data envelopment analysis to measure the efficiency of not‐for‐profit organizations: A critical evaluation—comment
- 1 September 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Managerial and Decision Economics
- Vol. 9 (3) , 251-253
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mde.4090090310
Abstract
This note responds to Nunamaker (1985) who supposedly deals with deficiencies in Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) as an approach for (1) measuring efficiencies of not‐for‐profit entities identified as Decision Making Units (DMUs) and (2) locating sources and amounts of inefficiencies in each of the inputs used and in each of the outputs produced by each DMU. Corrections and comments are offered with references supplied for interested readers who wish to examine more detailed treatments of the topics covered.Keywords
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