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A comparison of DEA models that consider the operating environment of a non-profit organization

dc.contributor.advisor Medina-Borja, Alexandra
dc.contributor.author Read-Rodríguez, Gabriel E.
dc.contributor.college College of Engineering en_US
dc.contributor.committee Cesaní, Viviana
dc.contributor.committee Cabrera, Mauricio
dc.contributor.department Department of Industrial Engineering en_US
dc.contributor.representative Ruiz-Vargas, Yolanda
dc.date.accessioned 2018-11-21T15:42:01Z
dc.date.available 2018-11-21T15:42:01Z
dc.date.issued 2011
dc.description.abstract Measuring and demonstrating results has become a question of survivability for many nonprofit organizations. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is one of the analytical tools that can be used for benchmarking and target setting among a set of similar operating units. Several scholars have studied how to best consider these non-discretionary variables in DEA by making modifications to the original formulation. Recent studies have analyzed and compared these models using simulated data and a small amount of decision making units (DMUs). The aim of our study is to analyze, compare and evaluate different models in the literature that incorporate the environment and their suitability for peer discrimination and target setting in nonprofit environments. We achieve this by using real data from a large social service organization with 937 DMUs all over the United States and territories. The Ruggiero 1998 model presents the best discriminatory power followed by the Medina-Borja 2002 model. en_US
dc.description.abstract Mostrar y medir resultados se ha convertido en una cuestión de supervivencia para muchas organizaciones sin fines de lucro. El Análisis Envolvente de Datos (DEA) es una de las herramientas analíticas que se pueden utilizar para establecer puntos de referencia y de destino entre un conjunto de unidades que operan similar. Varios estudios han hecho modificaciones a la formulación original de DEA para manejar las variables que no se pueden controlar, mejor conocidas como no-discrecionales. Estudios recientes han analizado y comparado los modelos con datos simulados y una pequeña cantidad de unidades de decisión (DMUs). El objetivo de nuestro estudio es analizar, comparar y evaluar diferentes modelos que incorporan el medio ambiente. Utilizando datos reales de una organización grande que ofrece servicios sociales con novecientos treinta y siete DMUs en todo Estados Unidos y sus territorios. El modelo de Ruggiero de 1998 es el que presenta mejor poder discriminatorio seguido muy de cerca del modelo de Medina-Borja del 2002. en_US
dc.description.graduationSemester Fall (1rst semester) en_US
dc.description.graduationYear 2011 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11801/1497
dc.language.iso English en_US
dc.rights.holder (c)2011 Gabriel Ernesto Read Rodríguez en_US
dc.rights.license All rights reserved en_US
dc.subject Data Envelopment Analysis en
dc.subject Nonprofit environments en
dc.title A comparison of DEA models that consider the operating environment of a non-profit organization en_US
dc.type Project Report en_US
dspace.entity.type Publication
thesis.degree.discipline Industrial Engineering en_US
thesis.degree.level M.E. en_US
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