Beyond frontiers: Comparing the efficiency of higher education decision-making units across more than one country

Education Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-79

  Agasisti, Tommaso ^a   Johnes, Geraint ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Higher education; Malmquist indices

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HIGHER EDUCATION; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 61649126664     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290701523291     Document Type: Article

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