IPPP Auditorium- 09:00-10:15

Opening Ceremony, Tuesday 15th April 2014

Arrival of participants and guests

Arrival of honorable guests

Opening performance – The Malaysian Drum Symphony

Introduction to Malaysia – Video presentation

Recitation of Doa’

Welcoming speeches

vProfessor Rajiv Banker, Chair of International Data Envelopment Analysis Society

Opening speech and launching of DEA2014

vDato’ Professor Mohd Amin Jalaludin, Vice Chancellor, University of Malaya

12^th International Conference on Data Envelopment Analysis: A short report

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Susila Munisamy

IPPP Exhibition Hall- 10:15-11:00

Light refreshment

SESSION 1 (Parallel) Tuesday April 15^th 11:00-12:30

(1) IPPP Auditorium, Chairman: Valentin Zelenyuk

Theory and Modeling

P290

Title: Discrete and integer valued inputs and outputs in data envelopment analysis
Authors: Timo Kuosmanen, Abolfazl Keshvari and Reza Kazemi Matin
Speaker: Abolfazl Keshvari

P22

Title: Aggregation of Hicks-Moorsteen Productivity Indexes: Theory and DEA Application
Authors: Andreas Mayer and Valentin Zelenyuk
Speaker: Valentin Zelenyuk

P150

Title: Performance Improvement - time-stepped benchmarking based on Data Envelopment Analysis
Authors: Amarnath Bose and Gokulananda Patel
Speaker: Gokulananda Patel

P81

Title: A new link between MOLP and DEA models in the present of undesirable outputs in order to finding target units
Authors: Ali Ebrahimnejad and Madjid Tavana
Speaker: Ali Ebrahimnejad

(2) IPPP Seminar Room 1, Chairman: Abdel Latef Anouze

Banking and Finance

P123

Title: Model of Good Corporate Governance: A Study of Commercial Banks in ASEAN5
Authors: Zulkufly Ramly, Sok Gee Chan, Noor Sharoja Sapiei and Mohd Zulkhairi Mustapha
Speaker: Zulkufly Ramly

P233

Title: Estimating the Efficiency of Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia Berhad and Conventional Banks in Malaysia
Authors: Azmah Othman, Rosita Hamdan and Fatimah Kari
Speaker: Azmah Othman

P69

Title: The Impact of Corruption, Transparency & Financial Performance on Economic Development: An international Exploratory Study
Authors: Abdel Latef Anouze
Speaker: Abdel Latef Anouze

P78

Title: A New Framework of Banking Risk Management Efficiency Analysis: An integrated approach based on Hedge Accounting and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
Authors: Shahsuzan Zakaria
Speaker: Shahsuzan Zakaria

 (3) IPPP Seminar Room 2, Chairman: Ana Camanho

Agricultural

P315

Title: Measuring the Spatial Effect of Hypoxia on Harvesting Capacity - A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach
Authors: Lei Chen, Dong Liang and Zinnia Mukherjee
Speaker: Dong Liang

P97

Title: Exploring seasonality effects on the performance of artisanal fisheries
Authors: Ana Camanho, Manuela Oliveira and Miguel Gaspar
Speaker: Ana Camanho

P228

Title: A three-stage analytical framework for the evaluation of farming efficiency
Authors: Amar Oukil and Slim Zekri
Speaker: Amar Oukil

P59

Title: Benchmarking Energy Efficient Agricultural Farms in Pakistan: The DEA Sub-vector Approach
Authors: Amin Mugera and Arif Watto
Speaker: Arif Watto

SESSION 1 (Parallel) Tuesday April 15^th 11:00-12:30

(4) IPPP Video Conference Room, Chairman: Emmanuel Thanassoulis

Education and Public Sector

P147

Title: Evaluating Efficiency and Productivity of Academic Departments
Authors: Nur Azlina Abd Aziz
Speaker: Nur Azlina Abd Aziz

P25

Title: Competitiveness Among Higher Education Institutions: A Two-Stage Cobb-Douglas Model for Efficiency Measurement of Schools of Business
Authors: Sonia Avilés-Sacoto, Wade Cook and David Güemes-Castorena
Speaker: Sonia Valeria Aviles-Sacoto

P332

Title: Malaysia From PSPTN Perspective Using Data Envelopment Analysis
Authors: Wan Rohaida Wan Husain
Speaker: Wan Rohaida Wan Husain

P67

Title: Assessing productivity performance of basic and secondary education in Tunisia: a Malmquist analysis
Authors: Ramzi Sourour, Antonio Afonso and Mohamed Ayadi
Speaker: Sourour Ramzi

(5) IPS Auditorium, Chairman: Sun Shinn

Tourism

P125

Title: Measuring the performance of Independent-owned International Tourist Hotels in Taiwan
Authors: Ting Yu Zhou, Shinn Sun and Ting Zi Chueh
Speaker: Ting Yu Zhou

P162

Title: Tourism performance of French regions
Authors: Agathe Stenger
Speaker: Agathe Stenger

P55

Title: Linking Technical Efficiency with Guest Satisfaction: Evidence from Resort-Hotels in Boracay, Philippines
Authors: Mark Tapar and Fernando Trinidad
Speaker: Mark Tapar

SESSION 2 (Parallel) Tuesday April 15^th14:00-15:30

(6) IPPP Auditorium, Chairman: Susila Munisamy

Theory and Modeling

P230

Title: Improving efficiency of efficient and inefficient DMU
Authors: Valter Boljunčić
Speaker: Valter Boljuncic

P246

Title: How to Select an Epsilon to Apply Kourosh and Arash Model in Data Envelopment Analysis
Authors: Dariush Khezrimotlagh
Speaker: Dariush Khezrimotlagh

P259

Title: A non-radial data envelopment analysis model for weight generation in the analytic hierarchy process
Authors: Ehsan Momeni and Fatemeh Abbasi
Speaker: Ehsan Momeni

P77

Title: DEA model without explicit inputs with majority preference
Authors: Guoliang Yang
Speaker: Guo-liang Yang

(7) IPPP Seminar Room 1, Chairman: Wenbin Liu

Network and dynamic DEA

P115

Title: Multi-perspective dynamic network performance measurement for evacuation planning: A dynamic network-DEA approach
Authors: Oscar Herrera Restrepo and Kostas Triantis
Speaker: Konstantinos Triantis

P189

Title: Stochastic Network DEA Model with Chance Constrained Programming
Authors: Song Han and Bo Wang
Speaker: Song Han

P229

Title: Undesirable input-ouputs in two stage DEA models
Authors: Wenbin Liu, Gl Yang and Bz Zhou
Speaker: Wenbin Liu

P24

Title: An Application of Window Analysis of Data Envelopment Analysis
Authors: Dubravko Hunjet, Luka Neralic and Richard E. Wendell
Speaker: Luka Neralic

(8) IPPP Seminar Room 2, Chairman: Subhash Ray

Banking and Finance

P148

Title: Evaluating Performance of Taiwanese Banks with Considering Risk-based Capital Requirements: An Application of Tow-Stage DEA Modes
Authors: Ming-Kuang Shyu, Jen-Hui Lee, Tsu-Tan Fu and Jia-Ching Juo
Speaker: Ming-Kuang Shyu

P197

Title: The Impact of Regulations and Supervision on Banks’ Performances in Turkey and Russia
Authors: Ozlem Olgu and Deniz Akun
Speaker: Ozlem Olgu Akdeniz

P48

Title: A Novel Application of Data Envelopment Analysis for Efficiency Evaluation Of Banking Sector Firms in Pakistan
Authors: Shamaila Ishaq
Speaker: Shamaila Ishaq

P8

Title: Claims effect and profit change on the Mexican Insurance Industry
Authors: Ana Maria Reyna Bernal and Hugo Javier Fuentes Castro
Speaker: Ana Maria Reyna Bernal

SESSION 2 (Parallel) Tuesday April 15^th  4:00-15:30

(9) IPPP Video Conference Room, Chairman: Ihsan Alp

Energy, Water, Electricity

P249

Title: Energy Dependency performance of Turkey and European Union member states
Authors: İhsan Alp and Adnan Sözen
Speaker: Ihsan Alp

P262

Title: Exploring and analysing sources of technical efficiency in water system: Some evidence from Southeast Asian water utilities
Authors: Kok Fong See
Speaker: Kok Fong See

P267

Title: Cost Competitiveness and Energy Savings in U.S. Manufacturing: Some Alternative Scenarios
Authors: Lei Chen, Kankana Mukherjee and Subhash C. Ray
Speaker: Lei Chen

P38

Title: Environmental and Cost Allocative Efficiency Analysis in Steam Electricity Generation: a case study of Iran
Authors: Foroogh Shadman and Khalid Abdul Rahim
Speaker: Foroogh Shadman

(10) IPS Auditorium, Chairman: Mad Ithnin Salleh

Education and Public Sector

P144

Title: Evaluating Performance by Two-Stage DEA Model of Leader-Follower: An Application of Taiwanese Semiconductor Industry
Authors: Ching-Cheng Lu, Jen-Hui Lee, Ming-Kuang Shyu, Yung-Ho Chiu and Hui-Jung Lu
Speaker: Ching Cheng Lu

P30

Title: Assessing the efficiency of public high schools in Qassim district
Authors: Ali Alshayea
Speaker: Ali Alshayea

P310

Title: A Two-Stage Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Approach: Efficiency Measurement in Higher Education Institutions:
Authors: Zalina Zahid
Speaker: Zalina Zahid

P57

Title: Productivity Change in the Malaysian Public Higher Education Sector
Authors: Mad Ithnin Salleh
Speaker: Mad Ithnin Salleh

(11) IPS Seminar Room A, Chairman: Mohsen Afsharian

Agriculture

P136

Title: A Two-Stage Double Bootstrap Data Envelopment Analysis of Technical Efficiency of Rice Farms in Ghana
Authors: Rebecca Owusu, Atakelty Hailu and Michael Burton
Speaker: Rebecca Owusu

P143

Title: Testing The Best Design For Female Calf Growth With DEA
Authors: Ayhan Gölcükcü, Hikmet Orhan, Hasan Bal and Said Bİlgİnturan
Speaker: Ayhan Golcukcu

P177

Title: Malmquist Index Productivity Analysis of Fruit and Vegetable Farms in Hawaii
Authors: Dilini Hemachandra, Shawn Arita and PingSun Leung
Speaker: Dilini Hemachandra

P58

Title: Benchmarking the Performance of Farms using the Expected Minimum Input Functions: A Robust Frontier Approach
Authors: Amin Mugera
Speaker: Amin Mugera

(12) IPPP Auditorium, Chairman: Ali Emrouznejad

SESSION 3 (Parallel) Tuesday April 15^th 16:00-17:30

Theory and Modeling

P151

Title: Introducing Ideal and Anti-Ideal Decision Making Units in Free Disposal Full
Authors: Sun Shinn
Speaker: Sun Shinn

P161

Title: Generalisations for Elasticity Measures on DEA Frontiers
Authors: Kazim Baris Atici and Victor V. Podinovski
Speaker: Kazim Baris Atici

P79

Title: The Directional Distance Function as a Minimax Solution of a Multi-Objective Optimization Problem
Authors: Subhash Ray
Speaker: Subhash Ray

P88

Title: Measurement of returns to scale in the radial and non-radial DEA models
Authors: Vladimir E. Krivonozhko, Finn R. Førsund and Andrey V. Lychev
Speaker: Vladimir E. Krivonozhko

(13) IPPP Seminar Room 1, Chairman: Necmi Avkiran

Network and dynamic DEA

P119

Title: A Dynamic Network Dea Model with an Application to Mexican Commercial Banks after the 2008 Global Financial Crisis.
Authors: Francisco Vargas, Geneviève Marchini, Luis Renteria, Gang Cheng and Panagiotis Zervopoulos
Speaker: Francisco Vargas Serrano

P130

Title: Modeling Bank Production with Dynamic-Network Data Envelopment Analysis
Authors: Hirofumi Fukuyama and William Weber
Speaker: Hirofumi Fukuyama

P237

Title: An illustration of dynamic network DEA in Chinese commercial banking: Foreign vs. domestic banks
Authors: Necmi Avkiran
Speaker: Necmi Avkiran

P244

Title: An additive two-stage DEA model with fixed weights
Authors: Sheng Ang and Chien-Ming Chen
Speaker: Sheng Ang

(14) IPPP Seminar Room 2, Chairman: Sunil Kumar

Banking and Finance

P117

Title: FDI and Efficiency convergence in Vietnamese Manufacturing industry
Authors: Minh Nguyen Khac, Hung Nguyen Viet, Khanh Pham Van and Hoa Ha Quynh
Speaker: Hung Nguyen Viet

P139

Title: Metafrontier Cost Malmquist Productivity Index: an Application of Asia Pacific banks
Authors: Tsu-Tan Fu, Mei-Ying Huang and Jia-Chia Juo
Speaker: Mei-ying Huang

P172

Title: Technical Efficiency and Technology Gaps in Indian Banking Industry: A DEA-bootstrapping Metafrontier Analysis
Authors: Sunil Kumar
Speaker: Sunil Kumar

P204

Title: The Financial Crisis and Islamic Banking Performance: A DEA of Islamic Banks’ Resistance of Crisis
Authors: Abul Hassan and Ali Emrouznejad
Speaker: Abul Hassan

SESSION 3 (Parallel) Tuesday April 15^th 16:00-17:30

(15) IPPP Video Conference Room, Chairman: Shiyi Chen

Energy, Water, Electricity

P110

Title: The Performance of locations by Specifying Certain Range on the Uncontrollable Variables by Using Arash Method
Authors: Amin Mirzapour, Dariush Khezrimotlagh and Adnan Sozen
Speaker: Amin Mirzapour

P252

Title: Environmental TFP Growth and its Role in China’s Regional Green Economic Development
Authors: Shiyi Chen
Speaker: Shiyi Chen

P26

Title: Environmental Performance of ASEAN Countries
Authors: Rossazana Ab. Rahim and Dyg Affizah Awg Marikan
Speaker: Rossazana Ab Rahim

P327

Title: Investigating the Effects of Restructuring on Iranian Power Generation Industry Eco-Efficiency: Handling the Heterogeneity among Power Plants
Authors: Behrouz Arabi, Susila Munisamy and Mohammad Sadegh Ghazizadeh
Speaker: Behrouz Arabi

(16) IPS Auditorium, Chairman: Giannis Karagiannis

Education and Public Sector

P157

Title: Towards a Composite Public Sector Performance Indicator
Authors: Giannis Karagiannis and Suzanna M. Paleologou
Speaker: Giannis Karagiannis

P19

Title: Data Envelopment Analysis and the Quality Frontier for Public Services
Authors: David Mayston
Speaker: David Mayston

P42

Title: Service Complexity a determinant of service productivity
Authors: Moira Scerri and Renu Agarwal
Speaker: Moira Scerri

P86

Title: The quality and efficiency of public service delivery in the UK and China
Authors: Minyan Zhu and Antonio Peyrache
Speaker: Antonio Peyrache

(17) IPS Seminar Room A, Chairman: Gazi Md Nurul Islam

Agriculture

P165

Title: The Relationship Between Technical Efficiency And Output price Variability Of Rice And Wheat Production: Evidence From Data Envelopment Analysis Using Indian Data
Authors: Dipyaman Pal and Arpita Ghose
Speaker: Dipyaman Pal

P232

Title: Application of DEA in impact Analysis of Agricultural Interventions
Authors: Jacinta Kanini Lemba
Speaker: Jacinta Kanini Lemba

P308

Title: Estimates of Technical Efficiency for Fish Cage Culture in Peninsular Malaysia
Authors: Gazi Md Nurul Islam, Tai Yew and Kusairi Noh
Speaker: Gazi Md Nurul Islam

P90

Title: Estimation of Fertilizer Use Efficiency using Slack Based DEA: Implications for Subsidizing Fertilizer for Rice Farms in Sri Lanka
Authors: Manoj Rajakaruna Mudalige
Speaker: Manoj Rajakaruna Mudalige

SESSION 4 (Parallel) Wednesday April 16^th 9:00-10:30

(18) IPPP Auditorium, Chairman: Joshua Ignatius

Theory and Modeling

P255

Title: An algorithm to study influence of the input variables on the efficiency in Data Envelopment Analysis
Authors: Majid Zerafat Angiz Langroudi, Seyed Mahmoud Davoodi and Sahubar Ali Mohammad Nadhar Khan
Speaker: Sahubar Ali Mohamed Nadhar Khan

P302

Title: Input Retention and Information Preservation on an Efficient Frontier
Authors: Joshua Ignatius and Mohammad Reza Ghasemi
Speaker: Joshua Ignatius

P46

Title: Resource allocation in the presence of undesirable outputs: a DEA approach
Authors: Ming-Miin Yu, Li-Hsueh Chen and Bo Hsiao
Speaker: Ming-Miin Yu

P83

Title: Improving DEA efficiency under constant sum of inputs/outputs and common weights
Authors: Sanjeet Singh and Surya Sarathi Majumdar
Speaker: Sanjeet Singh

(19) IPPP Seminar Room 1, Chairman: Tsu-Tan Fu

Fuzzy DEA

P140

Title: Evaluating Performance of Colleges of Business of Universities in Taiwan using a Hybrid Fuzzy AHP-DEA Model
Authors: Tsu-Tan Fu
Speaker: Tsu-Tan Fu

P236

Title: Using Data Envelopment Analysis to defuzzify a group of dependent fuzzy numbers
Authors: Majid Zerafat Angiz Langroudi, Maznah Mat Kasim and Jehan S.Saleh
Speaker: Jehan Saleh Ahmed

P271

Title: Supplier selection under fuzzy environment: A hybrid model using KAM in DEA
Authors: Alireza Fallahpour, Ezutahudoncy Olugu, Sitinurmaya Musa, Dariush Khezrimotlagh and Sujit Singh
Speaker: Alireza Fallahpour

P89

Title: Modified Centralized resource allocation model with variable return to scale for fuzzy data

Authors: Mozhgan Mansouri Kaleibar, Ali Ashrafi and Sahand Daneshvar
Speaker: Mozhgan Mansouri Kaleibar

(20) IPPP Seminar Room 2, Chairman: Heinz Ahn

Banking and Finance

P199

Title: The efficiency of Waqf collection and distribution of Malaysia State of Islamic Religion Councils (SIRCs): A two-stage analysis
Authors: Hazriah Hasan and Ismail Ahmad
Speaker: Hazriah Hasan

P264

Title: DEA Efficiency and Forecasting Productivity Change with Brownian Motion for Central Bank of Malaysia
Authors: Md. Azizul Baten, Maznah Mat Kasim and Razamin Ramli
Speaker: Md. Azizul Baten Baten

P34

Title: Integrating decision criteria into DEA assessment of bank performance: An efficiency analysis of German savings banks from 2006 to 2011 using a generalised DEA model
Authors: Heinz Ahn and Minh Hanh Le
Speaker: Minh Hanh Le

P62

Title: Banks’ outward foreign direct investments and their efficiencies
Authors: Shu-Chin Huang and Susila Munisamy
Speaker: Shu-Chin Huang

SESSION 4 (Parallel) Wednesday April 16^th 9:00-10:30

(21) IPPP Video Conference Room, Chairman: Hirofumi Fukuyama

Agriculture

P12

Title: Technical efficiency and potential productivity gains of cereal farms in Iran
Authors: Mohammad Ali Nasseri Jahromi, Erfaneh Rasekh Jahromi, Jalil Kodaparast, Athar Rasekh Jahrom and Reza Nasseri Jahromi
Speaker: Mohammad Ali Nasseri Jahromi

P137

Title: Impact of public subsidies on farm technical efficiency: a Bayesian meta-analysis
Authors: Jean Joseph Minviel and Laure Latruffe
Speaker: Laure Latruffe

P243

Title: Technical efficiency of smallholder crop production in Ghana
Authors: Luke Abatania, Atakelty Hailu and Amin Mugera
Speaker: Luke Nsugnana-ang Abatania

P60

Title: New insights on recognizing strong and weak congestion slack based in DEA
Authors: Mohammad Khoveyni and Robabeh Eslami
Speaker: Mohammad Khoveyni

 (22) IPS Auditorium, Chairman: Dariush Khezrimotlagh

Health care / Education

P171

Title: Interstate variation of Efficiency of Elementary Education in India: a Meta Frontier and Group Frontier Analysis
Authors: Arpita Ghose
Speaker: Arpita Ghose

P109

Title: The impact of financial liberalization on the financial performance of industrial companies listed on the Iraq Stock Exchange
Authors: Ahmad Battal, Hanaa Mahmeed and Wisam Ali
Speaker: Ahmad Battal

P40

Title: Efficiency Assessment of Secondary Level Public Hospitals of Uttarakhand (India)
Authors: Sandeep Kumar Mogha, Shiv Prasad Yadav and S P Singh
Speaker: Sandeep Kumar Mogha

P56

Title: Performance Measurement of Pharmaceutical Firms in Bangladeshi Capital Markets: Non-Parametric Approach
Authors: Md. Abul Kalam Azad and Dr. Susila Munisamy
Speaker: Md. Abul Kalam Azad

(23) IPS Seminar Room A, Chairman: Lu Ming-Xiang

Energy, Water, Electricity

P135

Title: Second stage adjustment for firm heterogeneity in DEA
Authors: Roar Amundsveen, Ole-Petter Kordahl and Tore Langset
Speaker: Ole-Petter Kordahl

P206

Title: Privatisation and Productivity in the Malaysian Water Industry: A Malmquist Index Approach
Authors: Mani Yogeswari and Susila Munisamy
Speaker: Mani Yogeswari

P258

Title: Research on Industrial Structure Efficiency of Energy Based on DEA
Authors: Lu Ming-Xiang, Jing-Ji Zheng and Dai-Yin Xie
Speaker: Lu Ming-Xiang

P289

Title: Slacks-Based Measure of Efficiency in Malaysian Freshwater Aquaculture Data Envelopment Analysis Approach
Authors: Abdullahi Iliyasu, Zainal Abidin Mohamed, Mansor Mohamed Ismail and Abdullah Amin Mahir
Speaker: Abdullahi Iliyasu

Wednesday April 16^th

(24) IPPP Exhibition Hall

Poster Session -9:00-1230

P64

Title: Assessing Technical Efficiency of Rice Production in Selected Granary’s in Malaysia: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
Authors: Engku Elini Engku Ariff, Stephen Ramsden and Neil Crout
Presenter: Engku Elini Engku Ariff

P231

Title: Estimating Cost Efficiency (CE) and Allocative Efficiency (AE) of the Flour Mills of the Grain Silos and Flour Mills Organisation (GSFMO) in Saudi Arabia
Authors: Jaber Alyami, Stephen Ramsden and Paul Wilson
Presenter: Jaber Alyami

P329

Title: Analysis of Energy-Economy-Environment Total Factor Productivity Based on Intersectoral Linkage: An Application of Dynamic Network Malmquist Index
Authors: Ming Lei, Xiaowen Yu, Honghui Deng and Xinan Zhao
Presenter: Xiaowen Yu

P205

Title: Measuring Productivity and Efficiency of Seaports in India via Data Envelopment Analysis
Authors: Jeronimo G. R. Monteiro
Presenter: Jeronimo G. R. Monteiro

(25) IPPP Auditorium

Keynote Session

11:00-11:45

Title: Assessing research productivity of academics at faculty and group level and its decomposition into technical and allocative components.

Chair: Necmi Avkiran

Speaker: Emmanuel Thanassoulis

11:45-12:30

Title: Bill Cooper and Development of DEA

Chair: Luka Neralic

Speaker: Rajiv Banker

SESSION 5 (Parallel) Thursday April 17^th 9:00-10:30

(26) IPPP Auditorium, Chairman: Victor Podinovski

Theory and Modeling

279

Title: Classification of Decision Making Units into a number of optional levels
Authors: Yasser Jafari
Speaker: Yasser Jafari

49

Title: Weight restrictions and infeasible DEA models
Authors: Victor Podinovski
Speaker: Victor Podinovski

P85

Title: DEA by sequential exclusion of alternatives
Authors: Vsevolod Petruschenko and Fuad Aleskerov
Speaker: Vsevolod Petrushchenko

P94

Title: The Comparison of CCRCOR Model with Some Other Models
Authors: Emine Demet Mecit and İhsan Alp
Speaker: Emine Demet Mecit

(27) IPPP Seminar Room 1, Chairman: Sebastián Lozano

Network and dynamic DEA

P23

Title: Efficiency Assessment of Banking Sector in Yemen using Data Envelopment Window Analysis (DEWA)
Authors: Fekri Ali Shawtari, Mohamed Ariff Abdul Kareem and Shaikh Hamzah Abdul Razak
Speaker: Fekri Ali Shawtari

PP253

Title: Improving Discrimination Power DEA through Two-Stage Multi-objective DEA: Malaysian Banks as an Illustration.
Authors: Hocine Hanafi and Moussa Larbani
Speaker: Moussa Larbani

P50

Title: Asian Banking Performance: A Meta-frontier Approach
Authors: Shazida Jan Mohd Khan, Shamzaeffa Samsudin and Raj Yadaf
Speaker: Shazida Jan Mohd Khan

P9

Title: Applications of Network DEA to transportation
Authors: Sebastián Lozano
Speaker: Sebastian Lozano

(28) IPPP Seminar Room 2, Chairman: Nurhan Davutyan

Banking and Finance

P142

Title: Managerial Efficiency in a Centralized Framework - A DEA Controlling Approach with an Empirical Illustration to German Saving Banks
Authors: Mohsen Afsharian and Heinz Ahn
Speaker: Mohsen Afsharian

P226

Title: Efficiency and Productivity Analysis of Microfinance Institutions in Indonesia: A DEA Approach
Authors: Izah M Tahir and Siti Nurzahira Che Tahrim
Speaker: Siti Nurzahira Che Tahrim

P322

Title: Evaluating Performance of Mutual Funds using Data Envelopment Analysis
Authors: Dhimant Ganatra and Dinesh Kumar U
Speaker: Dhimant Ganatra

P72

Title: Efficiency and Competitiveness in Turkish Banking
Authors: Nurhan Davutyan and Canan Yildirim
Speaker: Nurhan Davutyan

SESSION 5 (Parallel) Thursday April 17^th 9:00-10:30

(29) IPPP Video Conference Room, Chairman: Razamin Ramli

Energy, Water, Electricity

P181

Title: Assessing the Performance of Brazilian State owned water utilities
Authors: Maria Isabel Pedro, Pedro Carvalho and Rui Marques
Speaker: Maria Isabel Pedro

P293

Title: Assessing Efficiency and Effectiveness of Malaysian Water Services: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach
Authors: Norbaizura Kamarudin and Wan Rosmanira Ismail
Speaker: Norbaizura Kamarudin

P51

Title: Measurement of Dynamic Efficiency in the English and Welsh Water and Sewerage Industry
Authors: Charlotte Pointon and Kent Matthews
Speaker: Charlotte Pointon

P96

Title: Sources of Chinese Economic Growth under Restrictions of Resource and Environment—An Empirical Analysis Based on a New Biennial Malmquist Index with Green Growth Accounting

Authors: Minzhe Du and Bing Wang

Speaker: Minzhe Du

(30) IPS Auditorium, Chairman: Maria Portela

Hospital and Health care

P164

Title: Cost Efficiency of Regional Public Hospitals in South Korea
Authors: Sang-Mok Kang, Moon-Hwee Kim and Jiyoung Kong
Speaker: Moon-Hwee Kim

P167

Title: Input Oriented Technical Efficiency And Input Slack Of Indian Pharmaceutical Industry: Evidence From Non Parametric Data Envelopment Analysis
Authors: Chandrima Chakraborty and Arpita Ghose
Speaker: Chandrima Chakraborty

P250

Title: Benchmarking Portuguese Hospitals through a web based Platform (HOBE)
Authors: Maria Portela, Ana Camanho, Sofia Silva, Diogo Almeida, Ricardo Castro and Luiz Lopes
Speaker: Maria Portela

P53

Title: Total Factor Productivity Growth of Indian Drug and Pharmaceutical Industry
Authors: Varun Mahajan, D.K. Nauriyal and S.P. Singh
Speaker: Varun Mahajan

(31) IPS Seminar Room A, Chairman: Francisco Daladier Marques Junior

Agriculture

P15

Title: Application of the Robust Frontiers for Measurement of the Efficiency of Lithuanian Family Farms
Authors: Tomas Balezentis
Speaker: Tomas Balezentis

P251

Title: Performance evaluation of agricultural municipalities in Paraíba State from Brazil with Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), the models with SBM and SBM with super efficiency.
Authors: Francisco Daladier Marques Júnior, Walisson Pereira Ferreira, Antônio Clécio Fontelles Thomaz and Ana Lúcia Miranda Lopes
Speaker: Francisco Daladier Marques Junior

316

Title: Agricultural Productivity Growth and Incidence af Poverty: An Experience from Africa
Authors: Olajide Ajao, Ogunniyi Laudia and Oyedele Adekunle
Speaker: Olajide Abraham Ajao

P71

Title: Technical efficiency and technology adoption: a study of organic farming in the French dairy sector
Authors: Laure Latruffe, Celine Nauges and Yann Desjeux
Speaker: Yann Desjeux

SESSION 6 (Parallel) Thursday April 17^th11:00-12:30

(32) IPPP Auditorium, Chairman: Vladimir E. Krivonozhko

Theory and Modeling

P113

Title: A new approach to measuring congestion in DEA with common weights
Authors: Abbasali Noura, Alireza Hajihosseini and Elnaz Hosseini
Speaker: Alireza Hajihosseini

P195

Title: A Neutral DEA model in Cellular Manufacturing Systems with Assignment Worker
Authors: Reza Kia, Nikbakhsh Javadian and Babooshka Shavazipour
Speaker: Reza Kia

P280

Title: Tropical Production Technologies
Authors: Walter Briec
Speaker: Walter Briec

P87

Title: On comparison of different sets of units used for improving the frontier in the DEA models
Authors: Vladimir E. Krivonozhko, Finn R. Førsund and Andrey V. Lychev
Speaker: Vladimir E. Krivonozhko

(33) IPPP Seminar Room 1, Chairman: Hassan Bal

Theory and Applications

P116

Title: Benchmarking superannuation funds based on relative performance
Authors: Don U.A. Galagedera and John Watson
Speaker: John Watson

P191

Title: Hyperbolic Archimedean copulas in the stochastic frontier models
Authors: Vadoud Najjari and Hasan Bal
Speaker: Hasan Bal

P20

Title: Can education targets be met without increasing public spending? Evidence from Brazilian municipalities
Authors: Fabiana Rocha, Janete Duarte, Luis Felipe Pereira, Plinio Oliveira and Sergio Gadelha
Speaker: Plinio Oliveira

P330

Title: Productivity growth in Malaysian manufacturing sector: A two stage analyses of the Malmquist Luenberger productivity index
Authors: Susila Munisamy and Noor Asiah Ramli
Speaker: Susila Munisamy

(34) IPPP Seminar Room 2, Chairman: Francisco Vargas

Banking and Finance

P126

Title: Performance measurement of the banks in Malaysia in the presence of non-performing loan
Authors: Noor Asiah Ramli and Susila Munisamy
Speaker: Noor Asiah Ramli

P14

Title: Technical Efficiency Measurement under Different Risk Preferences: An Empirical Analysis for Chinese Commercial Banks
Authors: Ning Zhu, Bing Wang and Zhiqian Yu
Speaker: Ning Zhu

P328

Title: Lending a Right Hand: Application of DEA Meta-frontier Analysis in Observing Impact of Loan Disbursement Method to Microfinance Efficiency
Authors: Indra Widiarto and Ali Emrouznejad
Speaker: Indra Widiarto

P47

Title: Analyzing Performance of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) Based on Production Trade-offs Approach in DEA
Authors: Sadia Farooq
Speaker: Sadia Farooq

SESSION 6 (Parallel) Thursday 17th April11:00-12:30

(35) IPPP Video Conference Room, Chairman: Cesar L. Navarro-Chávez

Transpor-

tation

P127

Title: Economic Efficiency in Mexico Port Terminals , 2000-2010: An Analysis through Data Envelopment
Authors: Cesar L. Navarro-Chávez and Odette Delfin
Speaker: Cesar L. Navarro-Chávez

P145

Title: Measuring Efficiency of Different Airline Business Models Using DEA Metafrontier Framework
Authors: Muhammad Asraf Abdullah, Susila Munisamy and Nurulhuda Mohd Satar
Speaker: Muhammad Asraf Abdullah

P247

Title: Estimating the Performance Evaluation of International Airports of Iran Using KAM in Data Envelopment Analysis
Authors: Parviz Mohsenpour, Zahra Mohsenpour and Dariush Khezrimotlagh
Speaker: Parviz Mohsenpour

P266

Title: Exploring property value effects of ferry terminals in Brisbane, Australia: a comparison of DEA and Statistical Regression Analysis
Authors: Barbara T.H. Yen, Chi-Hong Tsai, Corinne Mulley and Matthew Burke
Speaker: Barbara T.H. Yen

(36) IPS Auditorium, Chairman: Konstantinos Triantis

Other Applications

P282

Title: Product Production Selection using Computer Simulation and Data Envelopment Analysis
Authors: Ruzanita Mat Rani, Wan Rosmanira Ismail and Wan Nor Hazwani Wan Nordin
Speaker: Ruzanita Mat Rani

P299

Title: Information Efficiency of European Countries with Data Envelopment Analyses
Authors: Kamil Çelik, Cevriye Gencer and Lawrence Seiford
Speaker: Kamil Çelik

P84

Title: Measuring Chinese regional eco-inefficiency using data envelopment analysis and bootstrap strategy
Authors: Yanmin Shao, Ai Han and Shouyang Wang
Speaker: Yanmin Shao

P138

Title: Benchmarking Information Technology IT induced Productivity for Engineering and Construction Organization: Data Envelopment Analysis Model Approach.
Authors: Yahuza Kassim
Speaker: Yahuza Kassim

(37) IPS Seminar Room A, Chairman: Adel Hatamimarbini

Fuzzy DEA/

Applications

P61

Title: New insights on estimating most productive scale size in DEA
Authors: Robabeh Eslami and Mohammad Khoveyni
Speaker: Robabeh Eslami

P256

Title: An alternative multi-attribute decision making method basis on aggregating preference ranking
Authors: Majid Zerafat Angiz Langroudi, Adli Mustafa, Ali Emrouznejad and Razamin Ramli
Speaker:  Razamin Ramli

P294

Title: An Integrated Fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis and Data Mining for Performance Assessment of Insurance branches
Authors: Shafaghizadeh Somayeh and Yousefinejad Attari Mahdi
Speaker: Somayeh Shafaghizadeh

P169

Title: An Integrated Strategic DEA-based Structure for Supplier Selection in Supply Chain Management
Authors: Adel Hatamimarbini and Siavash Hekmat
Speaker: Adel Hatamimarbini

SESSION 7 (Parallel) Thursday April 17^th14:00-15:30

(38) IPPP Auditorium, Chairman: Sangmok Kang Kang

Theory and Modeling

P118

Title: Estimation of Efficiency Based on the Material Balance Flow
Authors: Sangmok Kang and Subhash Ray
Speaker: Sangmok Kang Kang

P180

Title: Conditional Efficiency Measurement Using CondEff Toolbox
Authors: Luiza Badin, Cinzia Daraio and Leopold Simar
Speaker: Luiza Badin

P260

Title: Impact of Sales Changes on DEA Efficiency Scores
Authors: Hilal Atasoy and Rajiv Banker
Speaker: Hilal Atasoy

P99

Title: Enhancing the assessment of productivity change and convergence analyzing the best and worst practices in the construction industry
Authors: Isabel Horta and Ana Camanho
Speaker: Isabel Horta

(39) IPPP Seminar Room 1, Chairman: Hilal Atasoy

Other Applications

P296

Title: Evaluating the performance of customs clearance agents: a case study in Thailand
Authors: Patcharaporn Neammanee and Walailak Atthirawong
Speaker: Patcharaporn Neammanee

P300

Title: System Dynamics Modeling for Establishing the importance of an Integrated Approach based on Rotated Factor Analysis and DEA over Principal Component Analysis based DEA
Authors: Deepankar Sinha and Mrinal Dasgupta
Speaker: Deepankar Sinha

P324

Title: Technical and Scale Efficiency of Saving and Credit Cooperatives: Evidence from Tanzania
Authors: Nyankomo Marwa
Speaker: Nyankomo Marwa

P80

Title: Performance of Vietnamese Higher Education Institutions in 2011/12: A Dea Approach
Authors: Carolyn Dung Thi Thanh Tran, Renato Villano and George Battese
Speaker: Carolyn Thi Thanh Dung Tran

(40) IPPP Seminar Room 2, Chairman: Azmah Othman

Banking and Finance

P269

Title: A New DEA-Based Ranking Approach Using Subjectivity Metric
Authors: Nabil Channouf and Amar Oukil
Speaker: Nabil Channouf

P272

Title: The Effect of Public Expenditure Efficiency on Private Investment in Malaysia
Authors: Sallahuddin Hassan and Mohd Zaini Abd Karim
Speaker: Sallahuddin Hassan

P93

Title: Efficiency of Islamic Banks: A Comparative Study of Bangladesh and Malaysia
Authors: Md. Azizur Rahman, Md. Abul Kalam Azad and Muhammad Showkat Imran
Speaker: Md. Abul Kalam Azad

P184

Title:Efficiency Measurement of the Turkish Commercial Banks using Fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis
Authors: Erhan Berk
Speaker: Erhan Berk

SESSION 7 (Parallel) Thursday April 17^th 14:00-15:30

(41) IPPP Video Conference Room, Chairman: Carlos Ernani Fries

Transport-

ation

P182

Title: Evaluation of the impact of information and communication technologies on the efficiency of Brazilian logistics service providers
Authors: Carlos Ernani Fries
Speaker: Carlos Ernani Fries

P238

Title: Measuring efficiency and effectiveness of transport service: A novel approach
Authors: Barbara T.H. Yen, Lawrence W. Lan and Yu-Chiun Chiou
Speaker: Lawrence Lan

P261

Title: Seaport Risk Assessment: A Non-parametric Approach
Authors: Kasypi Mokhtar and Muhammad Zaly Shah Muhammad Hussein
Speaker: Kasypi Mokhtar

P27

Title: Measuring Productivity and Efficiency of Seaports in India using Data Envelopment Analysis
Authors: Jeronimo G. R. Monteiro
Speaker: Jeronimo G. R. Monteiro

(42) IPS Auditorium, Chairman: Ayhan Gölcükcü

Other Applications

P242

Title: The Technical Efficiency of Mergers and Acquisitions Telecommunication Companies: Evidence from ASEAN
Authors: Wan Anisabanum Salleh, Wan Mansor Wan Mahmood and Fadzlan Sufian
Speaker: Wan Anisabanum Salleh

P305

Title: Social Protection: An Empirical Attempt to Estimate Performance and Efficiency of the System
Authors: Anastasia Klimova
Speaker: Anastasia Klimova

P82

Title: Data fusion on rock breakage using Data Envelopment Analysis
Authors: Tommi Kauppinen, John Jackson, Emmanuel Manlapig and Janine Lay
Speaker: Tommi Kauppinen

P98

Title: Do Players Performance Indicate Team Performance: Turkish Basketball League Example
Authors: Hasan Bal and Ayhan Gölcükcü
Speaker: Hasan Bal

(43) IPS Seminar Room A, Chairman: Qing Li

Banking and Finance

P131

Title: Foreign Direct Investment and Trade on TFP in Malaysia's Selected Manufacturing Industries
Authors: Rosmiza Rosly
Speaker: Rosmiza Rosly

P292

Title:The Impact of Regulation and Supervision on Islamic Banks’ Efficiency
Authors: Fadzlan Sufian and Nor Halida Haziaton Mohd Noor
Speaker: Halida Mohd Noor

P298

Title: The Efficiency of Inviting Foreign Investment in Cities of Economic Zone on the Basis of DEA
Authors: Qing Li
Speaker: Qing Li

P129

Title: The impact of supervisory, regulation and market structure changes on bank efficiency in Asean-4

Authors: Fauzi Zainir, Hsieng Yang Koh, Sok Gee Chan and Aidil Rizal Shahrin

Speaker: Fauzi Zainir

Thursday April 17^th, 16:00-17:30

(44) IPPP Auditorium

Panel Discussion and Closing Ceremony

Chair

Rajiv Banker

Title

Past-Present-Future of DEA

Panelists

Subhash Ray, Maria Portelo, Emmanuel Thanassoulis, Victor Podinovski and Konstantinos Triantis

Closing Ceremony

v  Thank all the people who have helped in the conference

v  Award presentation