caa a22 4500 463161483 CHVBK 20180406164749.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10734-006-0002-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10734-006-0002-9 The impact of size and specialisation on universities' department performance: A DEA analysis applied to Austrian universities [Elektronische Daten] [Karl-Heinz Leitner, Julia Prikoszovits, Michaela Schaffhauser-Linzatti, Rainer Stowasser, Karin Wagner] This paper explores the performance efficiency of natural and technical science departments at Austrian universities using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). We present DEA as an alternative tool for benchmarking and ranking the assignment of decision-making units (organisations and organisational units). The method applies a multiple input and output variables approach, which is a clear advantage to other approaches using simple performance ratios. To deliver reasonable results, suitable input and output variables have been determined in a previous step using correlation analyses and OLS regression. The results validate the methods applied, and reveal performance differences and scale effects. The use of multiple output variables enables the revealing of detailed improvement or reduction amounts of each input and output of the evaluated units and furthermore for identifying the specialisation of teaching, research, and industrial cooperation. We find significant evidence that the size of a department influences its overall and specialisation performance; both small and large departments perform above average, which proves that simple linear scale effects do not exist. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2007 Austria nationallicence benchmarking nationallicence Data Envelopment Analysis nationallicence efficiency evaluation nationallicence scale effects nationallicence specialisation patterns nationallicence Austria universities nationallicence Leitner Karl-Heinz Department of Technology Policy, ARC Systems Research GmbH, A-1220, Vienna, Austria aut Prikoszovits Julia Austrian Rectors' Conference, Austria aut Schaffhauser-Linzatti Michaela Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria aut Stowasser Rainer Office Austrian Science Board, Austria aut Wagner Karin Economic Analysis Division, Austrian Central Bank, Austria aut Higher Education Kluwer Academic Publishers 53/4(2007-04-01), 517-538 0018-1560 53:4<517 2007 53 10734 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-006-0002-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-006-0002-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Leitner Karl-Heinz Department of Technology Policy, ARC Systems Research GmbH, A-1220, Vienna, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Prikoszovits Julia Austrian Rectors' Conference, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schaffhauser-Linzatti Michaela Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stowasser Rainer Office Austrian Science Board, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wagner Karin Economic Analysis Division, Austrian Central Bank, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Higher Education Kluwer Academic Publishers 53/4(2007-04-01), 517-538 0018-1560 53:4<517 2007 53 10734 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence SWISSBIB 351970673 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer