Publication detail

The use of Data Envelopment Analysis to assess the R&D effectiveness of the Czech manufaturing industry

DOČEKALOVÁ, M. BOČKOVÁ, N.

Original Title

The use of Data Envelopment Analysis to assess the R&D effectiveness of the Czech manufaturing industry

Type

journal article - other

Language

English

Original Abstract

The article deals with the application of Data Envelopment Analysis on research and development (R&D) effectiveness assessment of Czech manufacturing industry. The aim of this paper is to analyze effectiveness of resources spent in R&D, i.e. how effectively are resources transformed into marketable outputs of R&D. As variables are used R&D personnel, R&D expenditure and Sales of products of R&D to another entity. Data envelopment analysis is based on assessing the quantity of consumed inputs by the produced outputs and estimation of production possibility frontier by techniques of linear programming. Two models are calculated: an input oriented model with variable returns to scale and an input oriented model with constant returns to scale. Described approach to evaluation of R&D effectiveness can also be used in other sectors of economy as well as other countries. It was found that the most effective sector of Czech manufacturing industry is a manufacture of wood and paper while automotive industry is the least effective.

Keywords

research and development, effectiveness, competitiveness, Data Envelopment Analysis, manufacturing industry, Czech Republic

Authors

DOČEKALOVÁ, M.; BOČKOVÁ, N.

RIV year

2013

Released

11. 11. 2013

Publisher

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) Press

Location

Vilnius, Lithuania

ISBN

1648-0627

Periodical

Business: Theory and Practice

Year of study

14

Number

4

State

Republic of Lithuania

Pages from

308

Pages to

314

Pages count

7

BibTex

@article{BUT102773,
  author="Marie {Pavláková Dočekalová} and Nina {Bočková}",
  title="The use of Data Envelopment Analysis to assess the R&D effectiveness of the Czech manufaturing industry",
  journal="Business: Theory and Practice",
  year="2013",
  volume="14",
  number="4",
  pages="308--314",
  issn="1648-0627"
}