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Efficiency of Italian universities: the effect of controllable and non-controllable environmental and operational variables

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  • Silvia Cantele
  • Andrea Guerrini
  • Bettina Campedelli

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In recent years, Italian universities have undergone deep reform processes that have innovated organisational structures, teachers' careers and courses. Based on data collected for 75 Italian universities, this study presents a comparative analysis of the efficiency of Italian universities using the data envelopment analysis (DEA) technique, and attempts to explain the different efficiency levels found in light of environmental and organisation-specific factors such as size, ownership, geographical location and human resources composition. Adopting a robust DEA bootstrapping procedure, the article demonstrates that the presence of private investors boosts efficiency; similarly, the largest universities and those located in the northern regions have the best performance.

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  • Silvia Cantele & Andrea Guerrini & Bettina Campedelli, 2016. "Efficiency of Italian universities: the effect of controllable and non-controllable environmental and operational variables," International Journal of Public Policy, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 12(3/4/5/6), pages 243-260.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpubp:v:12:y:2016:i:3/4/5/6:p:243-260
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    1. Omphile Temoso & Lindikaya W. Myeki, 2023. "Estimating South African Higher Education Productivity and Its Determinants Using Färe-Primont Index: Are Historically Disadvantaged Universities Catching Up?," Research in Higher Education, Springer;Association for Institutional Research, vol. 64(2), pages 206-227, March.
    2. Vanesa D’Elia & Gustavo Ferro, 2019. "Empirical Efficiency Measurement in Higher Education: An Overview," CEMA Working Papers: Serie Documentos de Trabajo. 708, Universidad del CEMA.

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