PURPOSES : This study aims to analyze the efficiency of the safety and management of private highways. METHODS : Variables were selected based on the data and performance related to the safety of 18 private highways. The appropriateness of operations management was reviewed using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) analysis. Items with a scope for improvement were reviewed and adjustment measures were presented. RESULTS : To increase safety management efficiency, the degree of reduction in personnel and operating expenses was presented based on the relative efficiency group. CONCLUSIONS : It is necessary to adjust the appropriate management organization and operating costs according to the characteristics of each route. Moreover, the limitations of the study and possible improvements were presented.

Most of the data envelopment analysis (DEA) models evaluate the relative efficiency of a decision making unit (DMU) based on the assumption that inputs in a specific period are consumed to produce the output in the same period of time. However, there may be some time lag between the consumption of input resources and the production of outputs. A few models to handle the concept of the time lag effect have been proposed. This paper suggests a new multi-period input DEA model considering the consistent time lag effects. Consistency of time lag effect means that the time delay for the same input factor or output factor are consistent throughout the periods. It is more realistic than the time lag effect for the same output or input factor can vary over the periods. The suggested model is an output-oriented model in order to adopt the consistent time lag effect. We analyze the results of the suggested model and the existing multi period input model with a sample data set from a long-term national research and development program in Korea. We show that the suggested model may have the better discrimination power than existing model while the ranking of DMUs is not different by two nonparametric tests.

We studied the efficiency of service quality of loan consultants contracted to a bank in Korea. Since the consultant is not an employee of the bank, he/she is paid solely in proportion to how much he/she sell loans. In this study, a consultant is considered as a decision making unit (DMU) in the DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) model. We use a principal component analysis-data envelopment analysis (PCADEA) model to evaluate quality efficiency of the consultants. In the first stage, we use PCA to obtain 6 synthetic indicators, including 4 input indicators and 2 output indicators, from survey results in which questionnaire items are constructed on the basis of SERVQUAL model. In the second stage, 3 DEA models allowing negative values are used to calculate the relative efficiency of each DMU. An example illustrates the proposed process of evaluating the relative quality efficiency of the loan consultants.

Loan consultants assist clients with loan application processing and loan decisions. Their duties may include contacting people to ask if they want a loan, meeting with loan applicants and explaining different loan options. We studied the efficiency of service quality of loan consultants contracted to a bank in Korea. They do not work as a team, but do work independently. Since he/she is not an employee of the bank, the consultant is paid solely in proportion to how much he/she sell loans. In this study, a consultant is considered as a decision making unit (DMU) in the DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) model. We use a principal component analysis-data envelopment analysis (PCA-DEA) model integrated with Shannon’s Entropy to evaluate quality efficiency of the consultants. We adopt a three-stage process to calculate the efficiency of service quality of the consultants. In the first stage, we use PCA to obtain 6 synthetic indicators, including 4 input indicators and 2 output indicators, from survey results in which questionnaire items are constructed on the basis of SERVQUAL model. In the second stage, 3 DEA models allowing negative values are used to calculate the relative efficiency of each DMU. In the third stage, the weight of each result is calculated on the basis of Shannon’s Entropy theory, and then we generate a comprehensive efficiency score using it. An example illustrates the proposed process of evaluating the relative quality efficiency of the loan consultants and how to use the efficiency to improve the service quality of the consultants.

Due to the rapid change of global business environment, the growth of China’s steel industry and the inflow of cheap products, domestic steel industry is faced on downward trend. The change of business paradigms from a quantitative growth to a qualitative product is needed in this steel industry. In this environment, it is very important for domestic steel distribution companies to secure their competitiveness by selecting good supply companies through a efficient procurement strategy and effective method. This study tried to find out the success factors of steel distribution industry based on survey research from experts. Weighted values of each factors were found by using AHP (analytic hierarchy process) analysis. The weighted values were applied to DEA(data envelopment analysis) model and eventually the best steel supply company were selected. This paper used 29 domestic steel distribution firms for case example and 5 steps of decision process to select good vendors were suggested.This study used quality, price, delivery and finance as a selection criteria. Using this four criterions, nine variable were suggested. Which were product diversity, base price, discount, payment position, average delivery date, urgency order responsibility and financial condition. These variables were used as a output variable of DEA. Sales and facilities were used as an input variable. Pairwise comparison was conducted using these variables. The weighted value calculated by AHP pairwise comparison were used for DEA analysis. Through the analysis of DEA efficiency process, good DMU (decision making unit) were recommended as a steel supply company. The domestic case example was used to show the effectiveness of this study.

Recently, nanotechnology has grown as one of the leading science technology along with other converging technologies such as biology, information, medicine etc., bringing the continuous investment of the government in nano-related field. However, it is difficult to measure and evaluate the performance of the national research and development programs because of the multidimensional character of the expected outcomes. This study aims to measuring efficiency of the national nanotechnology research and development programs using DEA model. The decision making units are nine nano-related ministries including the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning. The input variables are total expenditure, number of the programs and average expenditure per program. The output variables are science, technology and economic indicator, and the combination of these outputs are respectively measured as seven different DEA cases. The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future was the first efficient ministry in total technical efficiency. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety were efficient in pure technical efficiency, when the Ministry of Commerce Industry and Energy took the first in the scale efficiency. The program efficiency was affected by organizational characteristics such as the institution’s scale, the concentration of the research paper or the patent, technology transfer or the commercialization. The result of this study could be utilized in development of the policy in the nanotechnology and the related field. Furthermore, it could be applied for the modification of expenditure management or the adjustment of the research and development programs’ input and output scale for each ministry.

The objective of this study is to examine the potential of cost reduction and factors affecting production cost of Korean farmers. First, the study estimates technical efficiency, allocation efficiency, and cost efficiency of Korean farmers using DEA. Then, Tobit regressions are conducted to identify factors affecting each of the three efficiency scores. The study uses the Farm Household Economy Survey data from the Korean National Bureau of Statistics for the period from 2008 to 2012. Results from DEA show that overall, technical and cost efficiency scores are low, which suggests a great potential of cost reduction for Korean farmers. The results also show relatively large differences in efficiency scores across provinces. Tobit results suggest that farm size, number of family members, operation costs, and invested capital amount are major factors affecting farm efficiencies.

환경에 대한 관심이 높아짐에 따라 글로벌 자동차 기업들은 그린 카(Green car)기술 획득을 위한 치열한 경쟁을 하고 있다. 따라서 글로벌 자동차 기업들의 기술 경쟁력을 평가하고 그 동향을 분석하는 것은 중요한 의미가 있다. 그러나 특허성과 평가를 위한 기존의 연구에서는 다양한 특허지표 중 일부만을 활용하였으며, 특히 이들 지표들을 포괄적으로 고려한 종합적인 분석에는 미흡하였다. 이에 본 연구에서는 특허 평가를 위한 요소들에 대한 중요도를 반영하여 전체적인 특허성과를 평가하는 방법을 제시한다. 이 방법에서는 네트워크 분석절차(Analytic Network Process)을 통해 특허지표들에 대한 상대적 중요도를 도출된 후, 이 정보를 활용한 가중치 범위 제한 자료포락분석(Data Envelopment Analysis-Assurance Region, DEA-AR)을 수행한다. 이때, DEA-AR모형의 투입요소로는 기업규모, 연구개발비, 직원 수를, 산출요소로는 특허 수, 특허 피인용수, 특허 청구항수를 고려하였다. 이 방법을 활용하여 글로벌 자동차기업의 기술혁신 효율성을 평가한 결과, 그린 카 시장의 동향과 추세를 파악할 수 있었다.

이 논문에서는 부트스트래핑 DEA 모형을 이용하여 품목농협의 효율성 분석 값의 통계적 유의성을 분석 하였다. 분석결과, 첫째, 일반적 DEA모형에 의한 기술효율성은 0.878로 추정된 반면, 부트스트래핑 기 법을 적용하면 0.804로 추정되었다. 그러나 두 값의 차이는 신뢰구간 범위 내에 있기 때문에 통계적으로는 유의하지 않다. 또한 95% 유의수준하에서 기술효율성의 통계적 신뢰수준은 0.726에서 0.874로 분석되었다. 둘째, 일반적 DEA모형에서 효율적인 품목농협으로 추정된 19개 농협 모두 부트스트래핑 기법을 적용한 경우 비효율적인 것으로 추정되었다. 이는 일반적 DEA모형의 경우 비효율적인 품목농협이 효율적인 것으로 추정될 수 있다는 것이다.

  This study measured technology transfer efficiency for public institutes. The study made use of DEA being one of the non-parametric linear programming to evaluate technology transfer efficiency for public institutes and to measure technology efficiency,

This study measured technology transfer efficiency for public institutes. The study made use of DEA being one of non-parametric linear programming to evaluate technology transfer efficiency for public institutes and to measure technology efficiency, pure technical efficiency and scale efficiency. The measurement of technology transfer efficiency for public institutes are as follows: The cause of the technology transfer inefficiency was affected by pure technical inefficiency more than by scale inefficiency. The returns effect of scale varied depending upon characteristics of institutes: The characteristics of organization were not significant different but regional characteristics were significant different. The returns effect varied depending upon regional characteristics of public institutes: The organizations at the metropolitan area had decreasing returns to scale, while the ones at local areas had not only increasing returns to scale but also constant returns to scale. The technology transfer efficiency of public institutes varied depending upon the features of the organizations and regions: The technology transfer efficiency of public institutes was as follow : public research institutes at the metropolitan area, public research institutes at the local areas, universities at the metropolitan area and universities at the local areas. In other words, the technology transfer efficiency was affected by organizational characteristics more than by regional characteristics at the place where public institutes were located.

  The enormous budget of government and manpower are invested to the government funded institutes every year. The R&D investment focused on input has to be turned toward the investment based on the effectiveness of R&D activities. Measuring the efficiency

Corporations are faced with the key strategic task of adopting a comprehensive management system of a new paradigm in order to enhance their products' quality, safety, and reliability, as well as to minimize the cost of quality. The purpose of this paper is to present a methodology that can be used by corporations to ensure a product's reliability, safety, and maintainability, with minimal costs, by measuring dependability levels and conducting DEA analysis. The methodology will be a way for corporations to adopt an optimal dependability management system based on a quality management system of ISO 9001:2000 standards.

Data Envelopment Analysis-Assurance Region(DEA-AR) model is used in this paper to investigate the efficiency and performance potential of Korean banks as they engage in activities that incur interest and non-interest expenses and produce income. DEA provides a measure of each bank's relation to the best-practice frontier for its competitors. This can provide a better quality-benchmark than using industry averages or a particular peer bank branches as the benchmark. The banks are classified into efficient and inefficient sets. Multiplier values for AR-inefficient banks with unique slacks indicate the potential for management to improve the bank's performance relative to its peers. DEA-AR that provide economically reasonable bounds for the multipliers lead to profitability potential, as distinct from efficiency, results.

본 논문은 21세기 지식기반 경제의 가치 창출 원천이 새로운 아이디어와 창의성의 주체인 인적자본에 있음을 근거로 국내 온라인게임 기업 인적자본 운영의 효율성을 연구해보았다. 온라인게임 산업은 최근 국가 신성장 동력으로 주목 받고 있는 문화콘텐츠 서비스업의 하나로, 세계 최고의 기술과 콘텐츠를 기반으로 하여 높은 연평균 성장률과 수출 공헌도를 보이고 있는 산업이다. 이런 맥락에서 본 논문은 인적자본이론, 지식경제이론, 경제성장이론에 기초하여 온라인게임 산업에서 인적자본이 지속적인 성장을 견인할 수 있음을 이론적으로 규명하였다. 또한 대표적인 비모수적 분석모형인 자료 포락 분석(DEA)을 통하여 국내 온라인게임 기업의 인적자원 운영 규모, 투자, 교육, 보상의 투입 효율성을 기업의 산출이라고 할 수 있는 매출을 기준으로 실증 분석 하였다. 이 연구를 통해 국내 온라인게임 기업들에게 미래의 지속 가능한 성장 동력인 인적자본을 운영함에 있어 최적의 효율성을 달성할 수 있도록 전략적 시사점을 제공할 수 있을 것이다

Recently many administrative institutes try to improve the viability of rural villages. For increasing the viability, not only infrastructures but internal vitality is necessary in rural villages. Nonetheless, most of governmental projects have been focused on infrastructures. For this reason, RDA(Rural Development Administration) designed and performed the RHL(Rural Healthy and Longevity village) project. This RHL project is not easy to evaluate the outcome because it consists of very intangible project items. In this paper, we developed a scoring model to evaluate the result of the RHL project. The scoring model based on DEA(Data Envelopment Analysis) was suggested to evaluate the quantity of personal activities in each village. Personal activities are classified into five categories: regional life, social life, productive life, outdoor life and indoor life. Evaluating indices of each category are developed and weighting values are evaluated by AHP(Analytic Hierarchy Process). The developed model was applied to Kumsan village and examined its applicability.

본 연구는 부산항을 포함한 세계 주요 컨테이너 항만들의 효율성을 DEA(Data Envelopment Analysis)모형을 통해 상대적으로 분석함으로써, 부산항의 현재 위치와 더 효율석인 항만이 되기 위해 벤치마킹(Benchmarking)해야 할 대상을 구체화하였다. 또한, 본 연구에서는 일정시점의 효율성 분석이 아닌 1995년-2001년까지 7개년의 효율성을 시계열적으로 분석함으로써 각 항만의 효율성 변화할 살펴보았다. 분석 결과, 부산항은 95년, 96년을 제외한 나머지 연도에 대해서 비효율적인 항만으로 구분되었으며, 97년 이래로 효율성 지수가 다소 증가하고 있는 것으로 나타났다.