Tuesday, January 19

08:50 – 09:00

Opening

Professor Cheng I Weng (President, Fo Guang University, Taiwan)

09:00 – 10:00

Keynote Speech

Rolf Färe (Oregon State University, USA)

Paper No.: K-01

Topic: Developments in Dynamic DEA

10:00 – 10:15

Break

10:15-12:15

Methodology Session (TUE1)

Chair: Hirofumi Fukuyama (Fukuoka University, Japan)

Paper No.: I-01

Title: Pushing the DEA Research Envelope

Presenter: Necmi K. Avkiran (University of Queensland, Australia)

Paper No.: T-01

Title: Dynamic Concept of Returns to Scale in DEA Model

Presenter: Hong Yan (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)

Coauthor: Quanling Wei (Renmin University of China, P.R. China)

Paper No.:T-02

Title: Ranking DMUs in Present Absolute Weight Bounds by Imposing A Minimum Weight Restriction in DEA

Presenter: R. Shahverdi, (Islamic Azad University, Iran)

Coauthors: F. Rezai Balf (Islamic Azad University, Iran), K. Kamalgharibi Mofrad (Islamic Azad University, Iran)

Paper No.: T-03

Title: Reducing the Effect of Outliers on DEA Efficiency Assessments

Presenter: Dimitris K. Despotis (University of Piraeus, Greece)

Coauthor: Yiannis G. Smirlis (University of Piraeus, Greece)

Paper No.: T-04

Title: Estimating Two-Stage Network Technology Inefficiency: An Application to Cooperative Shinkin Banks in Japan

Presenter: Hirofumi Fukuyama (Fukuoka University, Japan)

Coauthor: William L. Weber (Southeast Missouri State University, USA)

Paper No.: T-05

Title: Technical Efficiency Based on Cost Gradient Measure

Presenter: Miki Tsutsui (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Japan)

Coauthors: Kaoru Tone (Japan National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, Japan), Yuichiro Yoshida (Japan National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan)

12:15-13:30

Lunch

13:30-14:30

Keynote Speech

Shawna P. Grosskopf (Oregon State University, USA)

Paper No.: K-02

Topic: A Dynamic Malmquist Productivity Index

14:30-16:00

Methodology Session (TUE2)

Chair: Paul Rouse (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)

Paper No.: T-06

Title: A New DEA Computer Code with Mixed-Orientation

Presenter: Lifen Wu (The University of Queensland, Australia)

Paper No.:T-07

Title: Different Decision Priorities and Their Effectiveness in the DEA Cross Efficiency Determination

Presenter: Feng Yang (University of Science and Technology of China, P. R. China)

Coauthors: Qiong Xia (University of Science and Technology of China, P. R. China) Huilin Wang (Anhui College of Economics and Management, P. R. China), Liang Liang (University of Science and Technology of China, P. R. China)

Paper No.: T-08

Title: A Super-Efficiency Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Sensitivity Analysis Algorithm for Fixed Input Allocation

Presenter: Mary Grace B. Bacus (Development Bank of the Philippines, Philippines)

Coauthor: Giovanna Fae R. Oguis (University of the Philippines, Philippines)

Paper No.: T-09

Title: Network DEA – Variations in the Treatment of Intermediate Variables

Presenter: Paul Rouse (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)

Paper No.: T-10

Title: A Three-Stage DEA-Approach for Analyzing and Identifying Drivers of Inefficiency on A Process Level: An Application to The Securities Settlement and Clearing

Presenter: Anne Dohmen (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Germany)

16:00 – 16:15

Break

16:15 – 18:15

Methodology Session (TUE3)

Chair: Kim (Honam University, South Korea)

Paper No.: T-11

Title: Data Envelopment Analysis : A Analysis with New Clustering Approach

Presenter: de Almedia (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Coauthors: Enzo Barbeiro Mariano(University of Sao Paulo, Brazil ), Daisy A. Nascimento Rebelatto (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil )

Paper No.: T-12

Title: A Procedure for Ranking DMUs with Flexible Measures in DEA

Presenter: Qiong Xia (University of Science and Technology of China, P. R. China)

Coauthors: Gongbing Bi (University of Science and Technology of China, P. R. China), Jingjing Ding (University of Science and Technology of China, P. R. China), Liang Liang (University of Science and Technology of China, P. R. China)

Paper No.: T-13

Title: A Stochastic Frontier with Group-Specific Temporal Variation in Technical Inefficiency : An Application to Malaysian Manufacturing Industries

Presenter: Sangho Kim (Honam University, South Korea)

Paper No.: T-14

Title: Efficiency Estimation and Improvement under the Circumstance of Multiple Perspectives

Presenter: Xiaopeng Yang (Osaka University, Japan)

Coauthor: Hiroshi Morita (Osaka University, Japan)

Paper No.: T-15

Title: Evaluation of Prefectures in Japan with Unified DEA

Presenter: Tohru Ueda (Seikei University, Japan)

Coauthor: Hirofumi Amatats (Seikei University, Japan)

Paper No.: T-16

Title: Model Selection in Productivity and Efficiency Measurement

Presenter: Waner Gu (University of California, Riverside, USA)

Coauthor: Yundong Tu (University of California, Riverside, USA)

19:30 – 21:30

Reception (on the house)                       SUN SPRING RESORT

Wednesday, 20                                           Room 301, Yun Chi Building

08:30-09:30

Keynote Speech

Kaoru Tone (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan)

Paper No.: K-03

Topic: The Winner Is Kobe – Site Selection for the Next-Generation Supercomputing Center in Japan

09:30-10:00

Break

10:00-12:00

Application Session (WED1)

Chair: Malathy (Institute of Indian Technology Madras, India)

Paper No.: I-02

Title:  Technological Change and Timing Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Presenter: William L. Weber (Southeast Missouri State University)

Coauthors: Rolf Färe (Oregon State University, USA), Shawna Grosskopf (Oregon State University, USA), Dimitri Margaritis (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)

Paper No.:T-17

Title: An Efficiency Analysis of Stock - Listed Firms in the Services Sector

Presenter: Florence P. Bogacia (Central Philippine University, Philippines)

Coauthor: Emilyn C. Cabanda (Regent University, USA)

Paper No.: T-18

Title: Productivity Growth and Efficiency Change in Indian Banking - Technology Effect Versus Catch-Up Effect

Presenter: Lakshmi Kumar (Institute for Financial Management and Research, India)

Coauthors: D Malathy (Institute of Indian Technology Madras, India), L. S. Ganesh (Institute of Indian Technology Madras, India)

Paper No.: T-19

Title: Performance Evaluation of Banks with Microfinance Operations

Presenter: Eleanor C. Domingo (University of Santo Tomas, Philippines)

Coauthor: Emilyn C. Cabanda (Regent University, USA)

Paper No.: T-20

Title: Efficiency in the Vietnamese Insurance Industry and Its Determinants

Presenter: Khac Dzung Pham (Bao Viet Insurance-Finance Holdings, Vietnam)

Paper No.: T-21

Title: Ranking Methods for Insurance Sector: Data Envelopment Analysis Versus Neural Network

Presenter: de Almedia (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Coauthor: Pedro Henrique de Sousa Leao Araujo (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil), Marcelo Nagano (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)

12:00-13:30

Lunch

13:30-15:00

Application Session (WED2)

Chair: Nguyen Khac Minh (The National Economics University, Vietnam)

Paper No.: T-22

Title: A Relationship Between DEA Sabermetrics in Evaluation of Batters in Baseball

Presenter: Nobuyoshi Hirotsu (Juntendo University, Japan)

Paper No.: T-23

Title: DEA Models for Evaluating the Ecological Efficiency of Paper Mills Along  Huai River in China

Presenter: Jie Wu (University of Science and Technology of China, P. R. China)

Coauthors: Liang Liang (University of Science and Technology of China, P. R. China), Hong Yan (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)

Paper No.: T-24

Title:A Decomposition of Total Factor Productivity Growth in Vietnamese Manufacturing Industries : A Stochastic Frontier Approach

Presenter: Nguyen Khac Minh (The National Economics University, Vietnam)

Coauthor: Giang Thanh Long (The National Economics University, Vietnam)

Paper No.: T-25

Title: Productivity and Efficiency of Indian Garment Industry During MFA Phase -Out and Post Period

Presenter: R. N. Joshi (Indian Institute of Technology, India)

Coauthor: S. P. Singh (Indian Institute of Technology, India)

Paper No.: T-26

Title: Impacts of Regulatory Changes on Efficiency in Vietnamese Hospitals

Presenter: Thuy Linh Pham (Vietnam National University, Vietnam)

Paper No.: T-27

Title: Data Envelopment Analysis : Efficiency Evaluation of Physiotherapy Program

Presenter: de Almedia (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Coauthors: Camila Fernanda Borges (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil), Jose Rubens Rebelatto (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil), Daisy A. do Nascimento Rebelatto (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)

15:00-15:15

Break

15:15-16:15

Keynote speech

Joe Zhu (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA)

Paper No.: K-04

Topic: Additive Efficiency Decomposition in DEA

Coauthors: Yao Chen (University of Massachusetts at Lowell, USA)

16:15-17:45

Application Session (WED3)

Chair: Rowaisi (Bureau of Infrastructure & Production, Iran)

Paper No.: T-28

Title: Efficiencies and Returns-to-Scale of Local Governments

Presenter: Hirofumi Amatatsu (Seikei University, Japan)

Coauthors: Tohru Ueda (Seikei University, Japan)

Paper No.: T-29

Title: Performance Analysis of Railway Systems with the Help of DEA

Presenter: Morteza Rassol Rowaisi (Bureau of Infrastructure & Production, Iran)

Paper No.: T-30

Title: Measuring Corporate Social Performance : An Efficiency Perspective

Presenter: Chien-Ming Chen (University of California, USA)

Coauthor: Magali Delmas (University of California, USA)

Paper No.: T-31

Title: Provincial Productivity Growth in Vietnamese Agriculture for the Period 1995-2007 : A DEA Approach

Presenter: Nguyen Khac Minh (The National Economics University, Vietnam)

Coauthor: Tu Thuy Anh (Hanoi Foreign Trade University, Vietnam)

Paper No.: T-32

Title: Efficiency Evaluation of the Brazilian Airports : A Integration Data Envelopment Analysis and Malmquist Indices

Presenter: de Almedia (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Coauthors: Enzo Barbeiro Mariano(University of Sao Paulo, Brazil ), Daisy A. Nascimento Rebelatto (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)

19:30- 21:30

Banquet (on your own)                              HEFONG VILLA

Thursday, January 21                                    Room 301, Yun Chi Building

08:30-09:30

Keynote Speech

Chiang Kao (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)

Paper No.: K-05

Topic: Congestion Measurement and Elimination under the Framework of Data Envelopment Analysis

09:30-10:00

Break

10:00-12:00

Application Session (THU1)

Chair: Yuan-Ho Lee (Fo Guang University, Taiwan)

Paper No.: T-33

Title: A Study on the Operation Performance of International Tourist Hotels in Taiwan

Presenter: Yuan-Ho Lee (Fo Guang University, Taiwan)

Coauthors: Chih-Hung Hsu (Fo Guang University, Taiwan), Yu-Ching Wang (Fo Guang University, Taiwan)

Paper No.: T-34

Title: An Efficiency Study of Securities Firms Modeling the Hybrid Zero-Sum Gains Data Envelopment Analysis

Presenter: Chin-Yi Fang (National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan)

Coauthor: Tzu-Pu Chang (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)

Paper No.: T-35

Title: Evaluating Taiwanese Bank Efficiency Using A Two-Stage Range Directional DEA Model

Presenter: Wei-Hsin Kong (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Coauthors: Tsu-Tan Fu (Academia Sinica, Taiwan), Ming-Miin Yu (National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan)

Paper No.: T-36

Title: Intellectual Capital and Bank Performance in European Union : A Frontier Analysis

Presenter: Wen-Min Lu (National Defense University, Taiwan)

Coauthors: Wei-Kang Wang (Yuan Ze University, Taiwan), Pei-Yi Liu (Yuan Ze University, Taiwan)

12:00-13:00

Lunch

13:00-15:00

Application Session (THU2)

Chair: Chia-Liang Hung (National Chi Nan University, Taiwan)

Paper No.: T-37

Title: Identifying the Top - Tier Research Groups of National Science and Technology Program Using the DEA Approach

Presenter: Chia-Liang Hung (National Chi Nan University, Taiwan)

Coauthors: Seng-Hong Yu (National Chi Nan University, Taiwan), Shan-Zhen Guo (National Chi Nan University, Taiwan)

Paper No.: T-38

Title: A Study on the Performance of Hospitals in Yilan Before and After the Operation of the Taipei-Yilan Freeway

Presenter: Chih-Hsien Chen (Fo Guang University, Taiwan)

Coauthors: Zi-Hui Chen (Saint Mary’s Hospital Luodong, Taiwan), Ya-Lin Lu (Fo Guang University, Taiwan)

Paper No.: T-39

Title: The Performance Assessment of Police Precincts of Kaohsiung City Government–An Application for Three-Stage SBM-DEA

Presenter: Jih-Hwa Wu (National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan)

Coauthor: Ber-Jenq Ho (National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan)

Paper No.: T-40

Title: A DEA Assessment of Post-Privatized Post Office Performance: Hualien Area Case Study

Presenter: Hsiao-Min Chuang (National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan)

Coauthors: Chin-Peng Chu (National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan), Shiow-Ing Lin (The Branch of Post Office Hualien, Taiwan)

Paper No.: T-41

Title: Comparison of Productivity Growth between Taiwanese and Korean Electronics Firms: Does Firm Size Structure Matter?

Presenter: Ku-Hsieh Chen (Fo Guang University, Taiwan)

Coauthors: Moosup Jung (Samsung Economic Research Institute, South Korea), Chih-Hai Yang (National Central University, Taiwan)

Paper No.: T-42

Title: Using Economical Aspect Evaluating The Performance of Urban Competitiveness in Taiwan and China

Presenter: Hsien-Lee Tseng ( National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan)

Coauthors: Jih-Hwa Wu ( National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan), Chun-Chu Liu (Hang Jung Christian University Taiwan), Hung-Ju Tu (National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan)

15:00-15:15

Break

15:15-17:15

Methodolog y Session (THU3)

Chair: Ming-Miin Yu (National Ocean University, Taiwan)

Paper No.: T-43

Title: Optimal System Design Parallel Network DEA Models

Presenter: Tsung-Sheng Chang (National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan)

Coauthor: Quanling Wei (Renmin University of China, P.R. China)

Paper No.: T-44

Title: Directions of Technical Change Bias and Growth in Productivity of World Health Industry

Presenter: Ming-Miin Yu (National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan)

Coauthors: Shih-Hsun Hsu (National Taiwan University, Taiwan), Po-Chi Chen (Chung Hua University, Taiwan), Ching-Cheng Chang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Paper No.: T-45

Title: Non-Radial Productivity Measurement

Presenter: Erwin T. J. Lin (Ming Dao University, Taiwan)

Paper No.: T-46

Title: Discriminating Efficient Units Using Super Efficiency FDH

Presenter: Shinn Sun (Fo Guang University, Taiwan)

Coauthor: Shing-Cheng Hu (Yuan Ze University, Taiwan)

Paper No.: T-47

Title: Slacks-Based Performance Measurement with Undesirable Outputs Using the Russell Measure Based Directional Distance Function Model

Presenter: Po–Chi Chen (Chung Hua University, Taiwan)

Coauthor: Ming-Miin Yu (National Taiwan Ocean, Taiwan), Ching-Cheng Chang (Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan), Shih-Hsun Hsu (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

17:15-17:30

Conclusion