IIMS Journal of Management Science

Measuring Efficiency of B-School Using Data Envelopment Analysis

Raj Kishor Pradhan¹

First Published 1 Jun 2022. https://doi.org/ 10.5958/0976-173X.2016.00029.4

Article Information

Volume 7, Issue 3 September-December, 2016

¹Raj Kishor Pradhan is working as an Assistant Professor (HR), MBA Department, NIFS Institute of Fire Engineering and Department Safety Management, Rourkela, Odisha, India. He can be reached at rajtina2002@gmail.com

Abstract

The present study investigates the ranking of Indian B-schools by using integrated approach data envelopment analysis and neural network model. These tools are used to find the efficiency of b-schools based on input and output components. The results of the study find that data envelopment analysis gives relatively better efficiency scores than any other techniques.

Keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA), Decision-making unit (DMU), Constant return scale (CRS), Variable return scale (VRS), Neural network (NN)

JEL Classification Code: M1, M5

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