Combining SSM and DEA: Evaluating the Basic Research Performance of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
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This paper reports on an innovative combination of hard and soft methods – soft systems methodology and data envelopment analysis – in a project evaluating the performance of the basic research institutes of the Chinese Academy of Science. Problems in defining and agreeing appropriate inputs and outputs for DEA led to the use of SSM as a way or producing a comprehensive and systemic database of performance indicators. The focus of the paper is on the use of SSM in terms of the clear and specific links within SSM to DEA, and the developments made to SSM to improve this connection.
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