This study describes a practical use of Data Envelopment Analysis-Discriminant Analysis (DEA-DA) for bankruptcy-based performance assessment. DEA-DA is useful for classifying non-default and default firms based upon their financial performance. However, when we apply DEA-DA to a data set on...

This study compares DEA (data envelopment analysis) with DEA-DA (discriminant analysis) in terms of bankruptcy assessment. Recently, many DEA researchers propose a use of DEA as a quick-and-easy tool to assess corporate bankruptcy. Meanwhile, other DEA researchers discuss a use of DEA-DA for...

Deregulation of Japanese electric power industry began in 1995. After the amendment of Electricity Utility Industry Law in 1995, competition was partially introduced in a generation sector and retail competition started from 2000. Eligibility to choose suppliers was gradually extended from...

This study discusses a DEA approach for environmental assessment. The proposed approach examines a level of simultaneous achievement on economic prosperity and environmental protection, so measuring the level of 'sustainability.' DEA, standing for Data Envelopment Analysis, has been widely...

This study proposes a use of data envelopment analysis (DEA) to assess the performance of energy industries. The DEA is a nonparametric approach that does not assume any functional form for performance assessment. The purpose of this study is to discuss how DEA can examine the current energy...

This study investigates whether a series of recent economic reforms on corporate governance influence the operational performance of Japanese manufacturing industries after the bubble economy. This study finds that stable shareholding is an important aspect of traditional Japanese corporate...

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has been widely used for performance evaluation of many organizations in private and public sectors. This study proposes a new DEA approach to evaluate the operational, environmental and both-unified performance of coal-fired power plants that are currently...

Climate change and various pollutants have been influencing our societies and economies. Recently, many individuals, firms and public entities (e.g., the United Nations) are interested in environmental protection (e.g., reduction of CO2 emission). This study discusses a use of DEA (Data...

This study proposes a new use of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) for environmental assessment, paying attention to a methodological bias (i.e., different methods produce different results). DEA is analytically classified into radial and non-radial approaches. The radial approach determines the...