Effectiveness and efficiency of research in Germany over time: an analysis of German business schools between 2001 and 2009

Marcel Clermont ()
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Marcel Clermont: Technische Universität Braunschweig

Scientometrics, 2016, vol. 108, issue 3, No 20, 1347-1381

Abstract: Abstract This article analyses the development of effectiveness and efficiency of German business schools’ research production between 2001 and 2009. The results suggest that effectiveness for most of the examined business schools increases initially. Then, however, a declining trend in the further course of time can be observed. Similar tendencies can be stated considering efficiency, even though they are slightly less pronounced. An analysis of the reasons for these observations reveals that the initial positive developments of effectiveness and of efficiency are mainly due to technology advances, whereas the following decreases are basically a result of technology backwardness. In regard to different types of business schools, a strong relation between the reputation of a school and the research effectiveness of that school becomes apparent. With reference to geographical regions, Western and Southern German business schools feature higher effectiveness than their Northern or Eastern counterparts do. This statement, however, is not valid in terms of efficiency.

Keywords: Business schools; Data envelopment analysis; Effectiveness; Efficiency; Malmquist index; Window analysis; JEL Classification; C67; H41; H83; I23; L31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/s11192-016-2013-3

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