Performance Assessment of the Top Ten TFT-LCD Manufacturers

The global thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) manufacturers concentrate in Korea, Japan and Taiwan. In view of growing rapidly of demand in the world, the competition of TFT-LCD manufacturers has been a fierce phenomenon. The most important subject for every TFT-LCD manufacturer administrator is how to make the best disposition of resources and create more and more profits. This study applied the window analysis of data envelopment analysis (DEA) to measure the dynamic performance in TFT-LCD manufacturers from 2002 to 2007. Korea, Japan and Taiwan TFT-LCD manufacturers are the study object in this research via the annual financial statement of the ten manufacturers and the relevant trend analysis in the public statement. The study results show that the Innolux has the highest management performance, next are LG Display and Samsung.