Molinero, C. Mar and Fuertes, Y. and Cinca, C. Serrano (2005) Measuring DEA Efficiency in Internet companies. Decision Support Systems, 38 (4). pp. 557-573. ISSN 0167-9236.
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Abstract
This paper uses Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), a non-parametric approach to the estimation of production functions, in order to assess efficiency in dot com firms. These firms have two objectives: to make an impact in the Internet and to obtain revenues from their activities. For this reason, the outputs have been two: unique visitors—a web metric—and revenues. DEA efficiencies have been obtained under various input/output combinations. A ranking of dot com firms in terms of relative efficiency has been obtained. A method based on multivariate analysis has been proven to be successful at showing the strengths and weaknesses of individual dot com firms. It is shown that there is a relationship between the type of e-business (e-tailers, search/portal, content/communities), and the way in which efficiency is obtained. The paper suggests a new approach to the problem of deciding which inputs and outputs the model should contain.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences |
| Divisions: | Faculties > Social Sciences > Kent Business School |
| Depositing User: | Cecilio Mar Molinero |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Oct 2008 17:49 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jan 2010 14:35 |
| Resource URI: | http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/9548 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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