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Wan Husain, W. R. (2012) Comparative evaluation of public universities in Malaysia using data envelopment analysis. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
Applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) for the assessment of performance of
universities have been widely reported in the literature. Often the number of universities
under the assessment is relatively small compared to the number of performance measures
(inputs and outputs) used in the analysis, which leads to a low discriminating power of
DEA models on efficiency scores. The main objective of this thesis is the development of
improved DEA models that overcome the above difficulty, using a sample of public
universities in Malaysia as an illustrative application. The proposed new approach
combines the recently introduced Hybrid returns to scale (HRS) model with the use of
additional information about the functioning of universities stated in the form of production
trade-offs. The new model developed in this thesis, called Hybrid returns to scale model
with trade-offs (HRSTO), is applied to a sample of eighteen universities, which is
considered to be a very small sample for the DEA methodology. Our results show that, in
contrast with standard DEA models, the new model is perfectly suitable for such samples
and discriminates well between good and bad performers. The proposed combined use of
HRS model with production trade-offs is a novel methodology that can be used in other
applications of DEA. Overall, the thesis makes several contributions of the theory and
practice of DEA. First, for the first time, it is shown that the higher education sector
satisfies the assumptions and can be modelled using the proposed HRSTO model. Second,
also for the first time, it is shown that production trade-offs can be assessed for such
applications and the methodology of their assessment has been developed and used in the
thesis. Third, it is demonstrated that the HRSTO model significantly improves the
discriminating power of analysis compared to standard DEA models, which is particularly
important for small data sets. Fourth, it is concluded that the HRS model is further
improved if production trade-offs are used. Fifth, by experimenting with different specific
values of production trade-offs, it is shown that even the most conservative estimates of
trade-offs notably improve the model. Finally, our results contribute to the more general
discussion of the performance of universities in Malaysia and identification of the best
performers among them.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DS Asia H Social Sciences > HF Commerce L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Data envelopment analysis, Public universities and colleges -- Malaysia, Performance standards | ||||
Official Date: | May 2012 | ||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Warwick Business School | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Podinovski, Victor V. | ||||
Sponsors: | International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM); Malaysia. Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi [Malaysia. Ministry of Higher Education] | ||||
Extent: | xvi, 233 leaves : charts. | ||||
Language: | eng |
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