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An Efficiency and Ranking Analysis of EMBA Programs in China
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Author: pengbin gao, Guangjian Zhang, Congshu Liu
Abstract: Even though ranking scores help business schools to build their own reputation, they lack of guidance to assess the actual efficiency of operations. Based on the data of the best MBA ranking in China selected by Manager Magazine, DEA was used to evaluate the efficiency of EMBA programs of top 36 business schools in China. This paper also compared the efficiency score of each business school with the rank score assigned by the traditional ranking. The results show that the overall EMBA programs have a high value on technical efficiency due to the high pure technical efficiency and scale efficiency. Different business schools have different efficiency. The findings reveal areas of incoherence between efficiency measures and rankings.
Keywords: EMBA Program, CHIAN, Ranking, Efficiency, Data Envelopment Analysis
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