How Efficient Are Malaysian Public Universities? A Comparative Analysis Using Data Envelopment Analysis
This paper aims to examine the efciency of Malaysian public universities in comparison with the private and foreign universities using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The study involves 22 universities (17 public, 1 private and 4 foreign) and based on data between year 2008 and 2011. Results rev...
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| author | Eam, Lim Hock Md. Taib, Fauziah Hiau , Nur Adiana Abdullah Yen , Siew Hwa |
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| description | This paper aims to examine the efciency of Malaysian public universities in comparison
with the private and foreign universities using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The
study involves 22 universities (17 public, 1 private and 4 foreign) and based on data
between year 2008 and 2011. Results reveal that the most efcient Malaysian public
universities are: University Malaya (among research universities); Universiti Teknologi
Mara (among comprehensive universities) and Universiti Utara Malaysia (among focused
universities). When these three most efcient Malaysian public universities are compared
with the private university in Malaysia and another 4 foreign universities, they are found to
be inefcient in income generation and in managing inputs which include the government
operating grant. The plausible explanation could be associated with a long history of
over-dependence on government grants that may have resulted in the public universities
becoming too complacent. The study calls for mechanisms to re-strategise and to get these
public universities to be more fnancially independent. |
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| spelling | usm-366752017-09-20T01:36:01Z http://eprints.usm.my/36675/ How Efficient Are Malaysian Public Universities? A Comparative Analysis Using Data Envelopment Analysis Eam, Lim Hock Md. Taib, Fauziah Hiau , Nur Adiana Abdullah Yen , Siew Hwa HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management This paper aims to examine the efciency of Malaysian public universities in comparison with the private and foreign universities using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The study involves 22 universities (17 public, 1 private and 4 foreign) and based on data between year 2008 and 2011. Results reveal that the most efcient Malaysian public universities are: University Malaya (among research universities); Universiti Teknologi Mara (among comprehensive universities) and Universiti Utara Malaysia (among focused universities). When these three most efcient Malaysian public universities are compared with the private university in Malaysia and another 4 foreign universities, they are found to be inefcient in income generation and in managing inputs which include the government operating grant. The plausible explanation could be associated with a long history of over-dependence on government grants that may have resulted in the public universities becoming too complacent. The study calls for mechanisms to re-strategise and to get these public universities to be more fnancially independent. Asian Academy of Management (AAM) 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/36675/1/aamj21022016_4.pdf Eam, Lim Hock and Md. Taib, Fauziah and Hiau , Nur Adiana Abdullah and Yen , Siew Hwa (2016) How Efficient Are Malaysian Public Universities? A Comparative Analysis Using Data Envelopment Analysis. Asian Academy of Management Journal (AAMJ), 21 (2). pp. 1-24. ISSN 1394-2603 http://web.usm.my/aamj/21022016/aamj21022016_4.pdf |
| spellingShingle | HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management Eam, Lim Hock Md. Taib, Fauziah Hiau , Nur Adiana Abdullah Yen , Siew Hwa How Efficient Are Malaysian Public Universities? A Comparative Analysis Using Data Envelopment Analysis |
| title | How Efficient Are Malaysian Public
Universities? A Comparative Analysis Using
Data Envelopment Analysis |
| title_full | How Efficient Are Malaysian Public
Universities? A Comparative Analysis Using
Data Envelopment Analysis |
| title_fullStr | How Efficient Are Malaysian Public
Universities? A Comparative Analysis Using
Data Envelopment Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | How Efficient Are Malaysian Public
Universities? A Comparative Analysis Using
Data Envelopment Analysis |
| title_short | How Efficient Are Malaysian Public
Universities? A Comparative Analysis Using
Data Envelopment Analysis |
| title_sort | how efficient are malaysian public
universities? a comparative analysis using
data envelopment analysis |
| topic | HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/36675/ http://eprints.usm.my/36675/ http://eprints.usm.my/36675/1/aamj21022016_4.pdf |