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Using Frontier Analysis to Evaluate Company Performance
Author(s) -
Devinney Timothy M.,
Yip George S.,
Johnson Gerry
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
british journal of management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.407
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1467-8551
pISSN - 1045-3172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2009.00650.x
Subject(s) - data envelopment analysis , replicate , frontier , computer science , performance measurement , performance management , representation (politics) , variable (mathematics) , econometrics , industrial engineering , operations research , management science , marketing , economics , business , mathematics , statistics , engineering , political science , law , mathematical analysis , archaeology , politics , history
The measurement of performance is critical to nearly all managerial disciplines. Yet little is known about the aggregation characteristics of the components of performance and how our notion of a ‘good performing firm’ relates to what we use as a dependent variable. In this paper we propose an approach to the measurement of performance that uses the logic of frontier analysis and the technique of data envelopment analysis. The approach is shown to be a reasonable representation of the multidimensional nature of performance and is shown to replicate, effectively, the components that strategic management scholars typically consider when discussing performance. It is also shown to be superior to the simpler alternatives based on traditional approaches to performance measurement.