... for more impactful resource allocation. Originality/value This research contributes to the benchmarking literature by applying data envelopment analysis to the casino industry, a sector that is frequently overlooked in performance analysis. This study offers a novel perspective on how operational...

... Returns to scale Two-stage network Scale economies Decision-making Benchmarking DEA Efficiency analysis The investigation of the performance and returns to scale (RTS) are important subjects for planning and decision-making in different economic and business organizations. One of the most...

... for banks listed on the Egyptian Exchange, to help managers generate what-if scenarios? For performance improvement and benchmarking. Design/methodology/approach The study empirically tested the three-stage DEA-ANN framework. First, DEA was used as a preprocessor of the banks’ efficiency scores. Second...

... be paid attention to. Panpan Xia can be contacted at: xia5288@mail.ustc.edu.cn 12 11 2020 22 03 2021 10 04 2021 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Decision-making Supply chain management Modeling Benchmarking...

... robust technical efficiency scores and have benchmarking abilities, whereas the ANN models use abstract learning from a limited set of information and provide the predictive power. Design/methodology/approach The complementary modeling approaches of the DEA and the ANN provide an adaptive decision...

... target and improve environmental performance. Design/methodology/approach In such background, the authors use a within-group common benchmarking model with data envelopment analysis for China’s environmental evaluation and target setting in this paper. This model considers a common treatment...