The second edition of this book has been written for the same audience as the first edition. It
is designed to be a" first port of call" for people wishing to study efficiency and productivity …

This paper uses the concept of a metafrontier to compare the technical efficiencies of firms
that may be classified into different groups. The paper presents the basic analytical …

With participation in higher education amongst young people rising, governments around
the world have been faced with increasing pressure on their finances, giving rise to the need …

In this paper, we examine the comparative of higher education institutions in the UK. The
governmental inititatives of the decade within this sector have given emphasis to issues of …

The purpose of this study is to examine efficiency and its determinants in a set of higher
education institutions (HEIs) from several European countries by means of non-parametric …

Cost functions are estimated, using random effects and stochastic frontier methods, for
English higher education institutions. The article advances on existing literature by …

Takes a fresh and illuminating approach to a subject whose importance for sustaining
modern industrial development and improvements in economic welfare over the long run is …

There are many opportunities and challenges in area of Indian technical education due to
liberalization and globalization of economy. One of these challenges is how to assess …

Although there are exceptions, most European universities and institutions of higher
education find it difficult to compete with the best universities in the Anglo-Saxon world …

Many estimates exist in the literature of multi-product cost functions estimated across a
sample of institutions of higher education. Typically these have not employed the …