Towards a Framework for Evaluating Scientific Efficiency of World-Class Universities
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چکیده
Evaluating the efficiency of decision making units has been frequently elaborated on in numerous publications. In this paper, the theoretical framework for a novel method of Distance Based Analysis (DBA) is presented. In addition, the method is performed on a sample of the ARWU’s top 54 Universities of the United States; the findings of which clearly demonstrate that the best ranked Universities are far from also being the most efficient. Keywords—Evaluating Efficiency, Distance Based Analysis, Ranking of Universities, ARWU.
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