We apply data envelopment analysis to compare the relative efficiency of different forms of microfinance institutions (MFIs): banks, cooperatives, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and nonbank financial institutions. We find that MFIs that operate as NGOs are technically more efficient than...

This chapter investigates the financial performance and technical efficiency of the 26 listed firms in the services sector of the Philippine Stock Exchange over the period 1998–2007, using the DuPont system and the super-efficiency data envelopment analysis (SE-DEA). Empirical findings...

As a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) extension tool, cross-evaluation method was developed to evaluate Decision Making Units’ (DMUs) performances in a competitive situation with limited demand. It identifies DMUs with best performances and rank them by applying peer evaluation mode instead of...

The Philippine health care system is comprised of both private and public hospitals, clinics, and health care providers, and public health units serve a huge majority of the population because of their number and accessibility to more people in terms of price and location. It is therefore...

In this chapter, we illustrate the use of data envelopment analysis, an operations research technique, to analyze the financial performance of the seven largest retailers in the United States by benchmarking a set of financial ratios of a firm against its peers. Data envelopment analysis clearly...

An area of increasing importance has been the use of quality measures in the study of health care. One specific application involves the performance of nursing homes. Previous studies using data envelopment analysis (DEA) methodology to study this problem have revealed several problems,...

This chapter presents a data envelopment analysis (DEA) based relative financial strength (RFS) indicator using accounting data that is predictive of stock market performance of public firms. Such an indicator is indispensable in the fundamental analysis of firms for stock portfolio selections....