Decomposition of technical efficiency of selected city libraries from the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/10195/67940" target="_blank" >http://hdl.handle.net/10195/67940</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Decomposition of technical efficiency of selected city libraries from the Czech Republic

Original language description

The aim of this article is the determination of the gaps of efficiency of 33 city libraries using decomposition of technical efficiency to pure technical efficiency and scale efficiency. The first model estimates the technical efficiency of city libraries from the perspective of the traditional mix of inputs and outputs that are applied in the DEA models; the inputs are represented by the so-called production and technological resources, and the output is represented by the actual demand given by the number of customers. The second model estimates the technical efficiency of operating conditions of selected city libraries against the actual number of visitors, whilst it is based on the assumption that a city library shall have an appropriate space, optimal access in the form of operating time, and optimal number of places for studying. The results depend on the input or output orientation of models and on the expected returns to scale. As the key gaps of efficiency, the models marked - non-topical and large library collection, number of readers and visitors, and also unutilized spaces of city libraries.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50204 - Business and management

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Scientific Papers of the University of Pardubice. Series D, Faculty of Economics and Administration

ISSN

1211-555X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

24

Issue of the periodical within the volume

40

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

222-233

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85020671829