Sabri Boubaker & Thanh Ngo 
HDBK DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS BUSINESS, FINANCE & SUSTAIN [EPUB ebook] 
Recent Trends and Developments

This Handbook presents recent trends and new developments in Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) research within the realms of business, finance, and sustainability. Divided into three distinct parts, it encompasses 19 chapters that offer insightful studies conducted in diverse national environments and organizational settings.

Part I focuses on DEA applications in business, including healthcare, supply chain management, and governmental organizations. Part II delves into the application of DEA in banking and finance, providing valuable insights into the efficiency and performance of financial institutions. Part III explores DEA’s diverse applications in sustainability, addressing topics such as sustainability indicators, resource mobilization, food production, and farming. In essence, this Handbook stands as an invaluable reference work for stakeholders seeking to optimize organizational efficiency and performance across a variety of sectors.

Contents:

• Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in Business:
  
  
  
  • Toward Healthcare Improvements Using Data Envelopment Analysis: The Case of Emergency Medical Services (Adel Hatami-Marbini, Nilofar Varzgani, and Seyed Mojtaba Sajadi)
  
  
  • Technological Gaps in the Performance of Victorian Local Government: An Application of the Meta-Frontier Network Data Envelopment Analysis Approach (Carolyn-Thi Thanh Dung Tran and Brian Dollery)
  
  
  • Data Envelopment Analysis for Supply Chain Management: An Overview on Applications, Major Findings, and Future Directions (Hakan Yildiz)
  
  
  • Efficiency of Water Provision Service: A Visual Study of Data Envelopment Analysis (Ane Elixabete Ripoll-Zarraga)
  
  
  • Assessing the Efficiency of Contagion Control and Medical Treatment for COVID-19 in OECD Countries Using Data Envelopment Analysis (Ana Martins and David Sousa)
  
  
  • Two-Stage Data Envelopment Analysis in Healthcare: Concerns, Controversies, and Future Directions (Mehtap Çakmak Barsbay)
  
  
  • Study of the Efficiency and Productivity of the Productive Paths of the Bioeconomy in the CNU Universities (Carlos Alberto Zúniga-González, Mario Ramoń López, Jorge Luis Icabalceta-Mairena, Elgin Antonio Vivas-Viachica, and Napoleon Vicente Blanco-Orozco)
  
  


• Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in Banking and Finance:
  
  
  
  • Assessing the Efficiency Impact of COVID-19 on Australian Private Health Insurers Using DEA (Lan Nguyen and Andrew C Worthington)
  
  
  • Devising the Best Prospective Merger Plan for a Banking Sector Through a Hybrid DEA-Based Methodology: An Inverse DEA Perspective (Amar Oukil)
  
  
  • Data Envelopment Analysis in Microfinance Research: A Systematic Review (Md Imran Hossain and Md Aslam Mia)
  
  
  • Technical Efficiency Determinants of the Indonesian Employer Pension Funds: A Double-Bootstrap DEA Analysis (Paskalis Seran, Apriani Dorkas Rambu Atahau, Supramono Supramono, and Usil Sis Sucahyo)
  
  
  • Efficiency Analysis of the Banking Sector in Pakistan: An Application of the Malmquist Index Approach (Farah Naz, Alishba Naseer, and Tooba Lutfullah)
  
  
  • Antecedents of Efficiency: Empirical Evaluation of the Life Insurance Sector in India (Aparna Bhatia and Megha Mahendru)
  
  
  • General Insurer Efficiency and Managerial Ability: A Non-Parametric Approach (Ram Pratap Sinha)
  
  


• Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in Sustainability:
  
  
  
  • Development of ESG Performance and Sustainability Indicators: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach with Overlapping Criteria (William Chung and Yong-Tong Chen)
  
  
  • Applications of Data Envelopment Analysis to Evaluate Resource Mobilization and Regional Integration Outcomes: Recent Trends and Future Challenges (Dominik Naeher and Raghavan Narayanan)
  
  
  • Efficiency Analysis of Brazilian Regions for the Sustainable Expansion of Food Production Based on Satellite Data: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach (Paulo Nocera Alves Junior and Damaris Chieregato Vicentin)
  
  
  • Organizational Performance Assessment Using Data Envelopment Analysis: A Case of a State University in Turkey (Sıd Sıka Ece Yılmaz and İzzettin Özdemir)
  
  
  • Productivity Growth and Technical Efficiency Changes in Rice Farms: An Input-Oriented Study Using Biosolid (Carlos Alberto Zúniga-González)
  
  

Readership: Undergraduate students, graduate students, researchers, policymakers and managers in Operations Research.

Key Features:

• This book’s comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach, coupled with its diverse case studies, provides a rich resource for advancing DEA research and its practical applications to business, finance, and accounting


• The book serves as a valuable reference for a wide range of stakeholders seeking to enhance organizational efficiency and performance in various sectors