Friday, July 10, 2009 |
Alter Hall |
08:30 – 10:00 |
Welcome Remarks: Rajiv Banker (Temple University, U.S.A.)
Tutorial: Conceptual Foundations of DEA
Presenters: Subhash Ray (University of Connecticut, U.S.A.)
Rajiv Banker (Temple University, U.S.A.) |
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Tutorial: DEA Programming with Excel Solver Excel Tutorial
Presenters: Subhash Ray and Lei Chen (University of Connecticut, U.S.A.)
Systems and Efficiency
Chair: Mikulas Luptaak (Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria)
Title: Measuring Efficiency of European Metros
Presenter: Rui Marques (Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Coauthors: Joana Santos , Alvaro Costa, Pedro Simoes
Title: Efficiency Analysis of a Multisectoral Economic System
Presenter: Mikulas Luptaak (Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria)
Coauthor: Bernhard Bohm
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10:50 – 11:10 |
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11:10 – 12:00 |
Health Care Productivity
Chair: Jon Chilingerian (Brandeis University, U.S.A.)
Title: A Multiple Stage Approach for Performance Improvement of Primary Care Practice
Presenter: Martha Ramirez-Valdivia (Universidad de La Frontera and Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile)
Coauthor: Sergio Maturana, Jaime Bustos
Title: Using Data Envelopment Analysis to Analyze Cardiac Surgeon Performance: A Ten Year Study
Presenter: Jon Chilingerian (Brandeis University, U.S.A.)
Coauthor: Mitchell Glavin
Efficiency Analysis of Industries
Chair: Said Al Muharrami (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)
Title: Technical Efficiency in the Basic Industry Listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX): DEA and SFA Approaches
Presenter: T. Handono Eko Probowo (Sanata Dharma University, Yagyakarta, Indonesia)
Title: Analyzing the Impact of Mergers and Acquisition on the technical efficiency of Commercial Banks in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
Presenter: Said Al Muharrami (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)
Coauthor: Said Gattoufi |
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12:00 – 1:00 |
Lunch |
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1:00 – 1:50 |
Managerial Decision Making
Chair: Paul Klumpes (Imperial College London, U. K.)
Title: Incorporating Ratios in DEA: Applications to Real Data
Presenter: Sanaz Sigaroudi (University of Toronto, Canada)
Coauthor: Joseph Paradi (University of Toronto, Canada)
Title: Experience and Learning in Investment Decision Making
Presenter: Paul Klumpes (Imperial College London, U. K.)
Manufacturing Efficiency
Chair: Guy Fernando (University at Albany, U.S.A.)
Title: Cost Efficiency and Scale of Economies in the U.S. Manufacturing Industry: A Nonparametric Method of Data Envelopment Analysis
Presenter: Lei Chen (University of Connecticut, U.S.A.)
Title: Productivity Spillovers Along the Supply Chain
Presenter: Guy Fernando (University at Albany, U.S.A.)
Coauthor: Hsihui Chang (Drexel University, U.S.A.), Arindam Tripathy |
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2:00 – 3:30 |
Innauguration: Dean M. Moshe Porat (Temple University, U.S.A.)
Keynote Speech
Robert Latoff, Senior Director, McKinsey & Co., U.S.A.
Topic: Industry Cost Curves |
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Returns to Scale
Chair: Finn Forsund (University of Oslo, Norway)
Title: Categorical and Ambiguous Characterization of Returns to Scale Properties of Observed Input-Output Bundles in Data Envelopment Analysis
Presenter: Subhash Ray (University of Connecticut, U.S.A.)
Title: Statistical Tests of Returns to Scale Using DEA
Presenter: Hsihui Chang (Drexel University, U.S.A.)
Coauthors: Rajiv Banker (Temple University, U.S.A.), Shih-Chi Chang
Title: Some Additional Theorems on Returns to Scale in DEA Models
Presenter: Finn Forsund (University of Oslo, Norway)
Coauthor: Vladimir Krivonozhko (Institute for Systems Analysis, Russia)
Agricultural and Electric Power Productivity
Chair: Geraldo Souza (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Brazil)
Title: An Efficiency Approach for Analyzing the Major Agricultural Economies
Presenter: Tito Moreira (Catholic University of Brasilia, Brazil )
Coauthors: Geraldo Souza (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Brazil), Eliane Gomes
Title: Comparative Study of the Efficiency of the Brazilian Hydroelectric Power Plants Using Data Envelopment Analysis
Presenter: Eduardo Camara (Companhia Hidroeletrica do Sao Francisco, Brazil)
Coauthor: Francisco Ramos
Title: Electricity Generation Efficiency Measures: Fixed Proportion Technology Indicators
Presenter: Darold Barnum (University of Illinois at Chicago, U.S.A.)
Coauthor: John Gleason
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Reception
Video welcome from Professor William W. Cooper |
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Saturday, July 11, 2009 |
Alter Hall |
08:30 – 9:50 |
Professional Services Industries
Chair: Iny Hwang (Drexel University, U.S.A.)
Title: Efficiency Analysis of Professional Basketball Players
Presenter: Feng Bai (City University of Hong Kong, China)
Coauthor: Kim Fung Lam
Title: Determinants of Efficiency of Law Firms
Presenter: Eunyoung Whang (Temple University, U.S.A.)
Coauthors: Rajiv Banker, Marina Angel (Temple University, U.S.A.)
Title: Returns to Scale in Public Accounting Firms
Presenter: Iny Hwang (Drexel University, U.S.A.)
Coauthors: Hsihui Chang, Helen Choy (Drexel University, U.S.A.)
Electricity Generation and Distribution
Chair: Marcos Estellita Lins (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Title: Temporal Performance of Electricity Distribution in Brazil
Presenter: Marcos Estellita Lins (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Coauthor: Maria Karla Vervloet Sollero, Angela Cristina Moreira da Silva
Title: Service Quality Regulation in Electricity Distribution
Presenter: Orcun Senyucel (Turkish Competition Authority, Turkey)
Coauthor: Necmiddin Bagdadioglu???
Title: Efficiency of Independent Power Producers: A Fuzzy DEA Approach
Presenter: Rene Olamit (University of Santo Tomas, Philippines)
Coauthor: Emilyn Cabanda (Regent University, U.S.A.) |
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9:50 – 10:10 |
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10:10 – 11:30 |
Banking Sector
Chair: Andreas Burger (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Germany)
Title: Impact of Alternative Service Channels on Bank Efficiency
Presenter: Fang-Chun Liu (Temple University, U.S.A.)
Coauthors: Rajiv Banker (Temple University, U.S.A.), Pei-Yu Chen, Chin-Shyh Ou
Title: Performance Analysis on Process Level with DEA – Benchmarking of Transactions in Banking
Presenter: Andreas Burger (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Germany)
Coauthor: Jurgen Moormann
Title: Efficiency and Productivity Analysis of Bank Branches: The Case of Large Ukrainian Banks
Presenter: Anatoliy Pilyavskyy (Lviv Academy of Commerce, Ukraine)
Coauthors: William Aaronson (Temple University, U.S.A.), Yuriy Matsiv
Public Sector
Chair: Daniel Becker (University of Rostock, Germany)
Title: Technical Efficiency of Employment Offices in Tunisia
Presenter: Wajdi Kthiri (University of Economics and Management Sciences of Sfax, Tunisia)
Coauthors: Younes Boujelbene, Nejib Ouerteni
Title: How Efficient are Brazilian Courts? Answering It with DEA
Presenter: Luciana Luk-Tai Yeung (Fundacao Getulio Vargas and Insper IBMEC, Sao Paolo, Brazil)
Coauthor: Paulo Furquim Azevedo
Title: Public-Sector Efficiency and Interjurisdictional Competition: An Empirical Investigation
Presenter: Daniel Becker (University of Rostock, Germany) |
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11:35 – 12:25 |
Managing Banks
Chair: Joseph Paradi (University of Toronto, Canada)
Title: Using DEA to Investigate Bank Safety and Soundness: Which Approach Works Best?
Presenter: David Tripe (Massey University, New Zealand)
Title: Identifying Management Groups in a Large Canadian Bank Branch Network with DEA Approach
Presenter: Haiyan Zhu (University of Toronto, Canada)
Coauthors: Joseph Paradi (University of Toronto, Canada), Barak Edelstein
Some Old; Some New
Chair: Ali Emrouznejad (Aston University, U.K.)
Title: Performance Analysis of Basic Research over Time: A Malmquist Approach
Presenter: Daqun Zhang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Coauthors: Xiaoxuan Li, Rajiv Banker (Temple University, U.S.A.), Wenbin Liu
Title: Data Envelopment Analysis Literature: A New Bibliographic Database (1951-2007)
Presenter: Jyoti Kumar Chandel (Birla Institute of Technology International Centre, Oman)
Coauthors: Daniel Becker(University of Rostock, Germany), Said Gattoufi |
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12:25 – 1:25 |
Lunch
iDEAs Business Meeting |
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1:25 – 2:45 |
Insurance Companies
Chair: J. David Cummins (Temple University, U.S.A.)
Title: Efficiency Analysis of Non-Life Insurance in Indonesia
Presenter: Zaenal Abidin (ABFI Institute Perbanas, Indonesia)
Coauthor: Emilyn Cabanda (Regent University, U.S.A.)
Title: Analyzing the Technical Efficiency of Insurance Companies in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: A DEA approach
Presenter: Khaled Al Amri (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)
Coauthors: Said Al Muharami, Said Gattoufi
Title: Efficiency, Productivity and Scale Economies in the U.S. Property-Liability Insurance Industry
Presenter: J. David Cummins (Temple University, U.S.A.)
Coauthor: Xiaoying Xie
Theory and Applications of DEA
Chair: Peter Bogetoft (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)
Title: Impact of Monitoring Versus Outcome-based Incentives on Retail Store Productivity
Presenter: Jose M. Plehn-Dujowich (Temple University, U.S.A.)
Coauthor: Rajiv Banker (Temple University, U.S.A.), Seok Young Lee
Title: Inner and Outer Approximations of Technology: A Shadow Profit Approach
Presenter: Herve Leleu (Catholic University of Lille, France)
Title: Merger Analyses Using DEA and SFA: Theory and Applications
Presenter: Peter Bogetoft (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark) |
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2:45 – 3:05 |
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Panel: Research in Financial Services Industries
Chair: Joseph Paradi (University of Toronto, Canada)
Panelists:
J. David Cummins (Temple University, U.S.A.)
Paul Klumpes (Imperial College London, U.K.)
David Sherman (Northeastern University, U.S.A.) |
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4:00 – 5:20 |
Finance and Investments
Chair: Elyas Elyasiani (Temple University, U.S.A.)
Title: Performance of Investment Fund Managers
Presenter: Janice Chen (Temple University, U.S.A.)
Coauthors: Rajiv Banker, Paul Klumpes (Imperial College, U.K.)
Title: Bankruptcy Prediction Using Data Envelopment Analysis
Presenter: Angela Tran (University of Toronto, Canada)
Coauthor: Joseph Paradi (University of Toronto, Canada)
Title: Bank Holding Company Diversification and Production Efficiency
Presenter: Elyas Elyasiani (Temple University, U.S.A.)
Coauthor: Yong Wong
Multi-Dimensional Evaluation
Chair: Vladimir Krivonozhko (Institute for Systems Analysis, Russia)
Title: Multidimensional Performance of Listed Companies at the Philippine Stock Exchange
Presenter:Emilyn Cabanda (Regent University, U.S.A.)
Coauthor: Florence Bogacia (University of Santo Tomas, Philippines)
Title: Advanced Operational Benchmarking Model
Presenter: John Paul (Bordeaux Ecole de Management, France, and iCognitive, Singapore)
Coauthors: Eric(Ye) Liang, Eva(Xia) Hua, Suresh Indukuri (Bordeaux Ecole de Management ,France, and iCognitive, Singapore)
Title: Construction of Rating Functions Based on DEA Models
Presenter: Vladimir Krivonozhko (Institute for Systems Analysis, Russia)
Coauthor: Alexander Piskunov, Andrey Lychev
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Sunday, July 12, 2009 |
Alter Hall |
8:30 – 9:20 |
Hospital Efficiency
Chair: David Sherman (Northeastern University, U.S.A.)
Title: Efficiency Differences Among Hospitals and Surgical Departments in Ukraine
Presenter: William Aaronson (Temple University, U.S.A.)
Coauthor: Anatoliy Pilyavskyy (Lviv Academy of Commerce, Ukraine)
Title: The Size Efficiency and Service Offerings of U.S. Hospitals
Presenter: Vivian Valdmanis (University Sciences in Philadelphia, U.S.A.)
Coauthors: Herve Leleu (Catholic University of Lille, France), James Moises, Gary Ferrier
Extending the Limits of Efficiency
Chair: Lifen Wu (University of Queensland, Australia)
Title: Cost Efficiency in Relational Network DEA
Presenter: Mehdi Toloo (Isalmic Azad University of Central Tehran, Iran)
Coauthors: Maryam Shadab Shams Abad, Mahta Yekkalam Tash
Title: Data Envelopment Analysis Can Be Feasibly More Efficient Than the Pareto Efficiency?
Presenter: Lifen Wu (University of Queensland, Australia)
Beyond the Basic Model
Chair: Yongjun Li (University of Science and Technology of China, China)
Title: Efficiency Improvement Based Upon Cross Efficiency
Presenter: Yong Zha (University of Science and Technology of China, China)
Coauthors: Liang Liang, Jie Wu (University of Science and Technology of China, China), Qinglong Gou, Gongbing Bi (University of Science and Technology of China, China)
Title: Increasing the Discriminatory Power of DEA Using Shannon’s Entropy
Presenter: Yongjun Li (University of Science and Technology of China, China)
Coauthor: Liang Liang |
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Panel: Directions for Future Research
Chair: Emmanuel Thanassoulis (Aston University, U.K.)
Panelists:
Rajiv Banker (Temple University, U.S.A.)
Peter Bogetoft (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)
Finn Forsund (University of Oslo, Norway)
Subhash Ray (University of Connecticut, U.S.A.) |
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Efficiency of Schools
Chair: Preeti Tyagi (Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India)
Title: Assessment of Technical Efficiency of Indian B-Schools? A Comparison Between the Cross-Sectional and Time-Series Analysis
Presenter: Gokulananda Patel (Birla Institute of Management Technology, India)
Coauthor: Sree Kumar
Title: Efficiency Analysis of Schools Using DEA: A Case Study of Uttar Pradesh State in India
Presenter: Preeti Tyagi (Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India)
Coauthors: Shiv Prasad Yadav, S P Singh
National Productivity and Well-Being
Chair: Hsihui Chang (Drexel University, U.S.A.)
Title: Determinants of National Well-Being
Presenter: Ki Kyung Song (Temple University, U.S.A.)
Coauthor: Rajiv Banker (Temple University, U.S.A.)
Title: Do Accounting Disclosure Practices Affect National Productivity?
Presenter: Yu-Chen Lin (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)
Coauthor: Hsihui Chang (Drexel University, U.S.A.), Jengfang Chen,? Guan-Syun Wu
Transportation Services
Chair: Rui Marques (Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Title: Measuring the Efficiency of Public Transport Sector in India: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis
Presenter: Shivi Agarwal (Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Pilani, India)
Title: Efficiency Evaluation of 12 Regions of RAI (Iranian Railway) Using Data Envelopment Analysis
Presenter: Mohammad Mehdi Movahedi (Islamic Azad University, Firozkouh, Iran)
Coauthor: S.M. Hoseini
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DEA Software
Chair: Ali Emrouznejad (Aston University, U.K.)
Title: Multidimensional Evaluation of DEA Software
Presenter: Kersten Hentrich (Technical University Braunschweig, Germany)
Coauthor: Heinz Ahn
Title: PIM-DEA Software for the Advanced User
Presenter: Ali Emrouznejad (Aston University, U.K.)
Coauthor: Emmanuel Thanassoulis (Aston University, U.K.)
Title: DEA Software FrontierVision
Presenter: Vladimir Krivonozhko (Institute for Systems Analysis, Russia)
Coauthor: Andrey Lychev
International Studies of Health Services
Chair: Vivian Valdmanis (University Sciences in Philadelphia, U.S.A.)
Title: Public and Private Hospital Services Reform: An Investigation in Iranian Hospitals
Presenter: Yaghoub Sheikhzadeh (University of Delhi, Canada)
Coauthors: Vijay K. Seth, Reza Gholi Vahidi, Ali Emrouznejad (Aston University, U.K.), Saeed Dastgiri
Title: The Productive Efficiency of Health Care Institutions: An Application of Chinese Hospitals
Presenter: Ying Chu Ng (Hong Kong Baptist University, China)
Title: The Impact of Health Sector Reform on the Efficiency and Productivity of Public and Private Hospitals in Turkey
Presenter: Muge Diler (Bilkent University, Turkey)
Coauthor: Osman Zaim
Impact of Contextual Variables
Chair: Andrew Johnson (Texas A&M University, U.S.A.)
Title: Influence of Contextual Variables: An Application to Agricultural Research Evaluation in Brazil
Presenter: Geraldo Souza (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Brazil)
Coauthor: Eliane Gomes, Roberta Staub
Title: Nonparametric Efficiency Estimation in the Presence of Contextual Variables
Presenter: Andrew Johnson (Texas A&M University, U.S.A.)
Coauthor: Timo Kuosmanen
Title: Double Bootstrap Confidence Intervals in the Two-Stage DEA Approach
Presenter: Dimitris Chronopoulos (University of Essex, U.K.)
Coauthors: Claudia Girardone, Jonh Nankervis
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Energy, Environment and Regulation
Chair: Kankana Mukherjee (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, U.S.A.)
Title: Productivity Change in the Water Industry in England and Wales: Application of the Meta-Malmquist Index
Presenter: Emmanuel Thanassoulis (Aston University, U. K.)
Coauthors: Maria C. A. S. Portela, Alan Horncastle, Tobias Maugg Oxera
Title: A Cost-Constrained Measure of Energy Use Efficiency in U.S. Manufacturing: An Inter-state Comparison Using the Census of Manufacturing Data
Presenter: Kankana Mukherjee (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, U.S.A.)
Coauthor: Subhash Ray, Lei Chen (University of Connecticut, U.S.A.)
Competition and Equilibrium
Chair: Thomas Sexton (Stony Brook University, U.S.A.)
Title: Decomposing Modified Luenberger Indicator Using Directional Slacks-based Measure of Technical Inefficiency
Presenter: Bernhard Mahlberg (Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria)
Coauthor: Biresh K. Sahoo
Title: Measuring Efficiency in the Presence of Head-to-Head Competition
Presenter: Thomas Sexton (Stony Brook University, U.S.A.)
Coauthor: Herbert Lewis (Stony Brook University, U.S.A.)
New Applications and Extensions
Chair: GongBing Bi (University of Science and Technology of China, China)
Title: Equilibrium Data Envelopment Analysis Model for Measuring the Efficiency of Decision Making Units
Presenter: Jie Wu (University of Science and Technology of China, China)
Coauthor: Liang Liang
Title: Models for Dealing with Dual-Role Factors in DEA: Extensions
Presenter: GongBing Bi (University of Science and Technology of China, China)
Coauthors: Jingjin Ding, Liang Liang, Jie Wu (University of Science and Technology of China, China)
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Panel: Research in Health Care Efficiency
Chair: William Aaronson (Temple University, U.S.A.)
Panelists:
Ali Emrouznegad (Aston University, U.K.)
Marcos Estellita Lins (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
David Sherman (Northeastern University, U.S.A.)
Vivian Valdmanis (University Sciences in Philadelphia, U.S.A.) |
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4:15 – 4:30 |
Conclusion |
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