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A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2021.
Special Issue Editors
Interests: DEA; performance assessment; business scorecard
Interests: management of technology; multiple-criteria decision making
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has been developed for more than 30 years, since 1978. The industry types of DEA applications focus range from traditional industries to contemporary industries (Liu, Lu, Lu and Lin, 2013). Energy, industry, banking, education and healthcare, including hospitals, are the most popular application areas (Emrouznejad & Yang, 2018). This Special Issue focuses on measurement of the efficiency and sustainability of service industries. There are various studies, ranging from methodology developments to empirical research on the manufacturing and service industries. However, the trend to combine performance measurement and sustainability using the DEA model is still increasing. Methodology development and application research are welcome. This Special Issue seeks sustainable and innovative applications using the DEA model in the service industry, including banking, retailing and tourism sectors, as well as research works that address the integration of performance development and sustainability. Systemic literature reviews of DEA development in the service industry are also welcome.
Authors should clearly identify the gap of knowledge and the novelty of their work as well as highlighting the main relevance of the research outcomes.
This Special Issue invites scholars from all service research areas to submit their manuscripts shedding light on DEA methodology and applications.
Liu, J. S., Lu, L. Y., Lu, W. M. and Lin, B. J. (2013). A survey of DEA applications. Omega, 41(5), 893-902.
Emrouznejad, A. and Yang, G. L. (2018). A survey and analysis of the first 40 years of scholarly literature in DEA: 1978–2016. Socio-economic planning sciences, 61, 4-8.
Prof. Dr. Chin Yi (Fred) Fang
Prof. Dr. Chi-Yo Huang
Dr. Chia-Ning Chiu
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- data envelopment analysis (DEA)
- sustainable
- service