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2014(Vol.7, Issue:15)
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An Investigation of Technical and Scale Efficiency of Public Universities in Saudi Arabia

Nasser Saad Al Kahtani and Syed Abdul Malik
Corresponding Author:  Nasser Saad Al Kahtani 
Submitted: September 24, 2013
Accepted: October 05, 2013
Published: April 19, 2014
Abstract:
Higher education sector in Saudi Arabia had a phenomenal growth over the last decade. This study sets out to empirically examine the technical and scale efficiency of government universities in Saudi Arabia. In general, the technical efficiency of Saudi public universities appears to be high. However, majority of public universities relative performance is a dismal when the scale efficiency is taken into consideration. Only two universities out of the total sample of twenty are on the frontier in comparison to five universities based on the VRS efficiency.

Key words:  DEA, Saudi government universities, technical and scale efficiency , , , ,
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Nasser Saad Al Kahtani and Syed Abdul Malik, . An Investigation of Technical and Scale Efficiency of Public Universities in Saudi Arabia. Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, (15): 3087-3093.
ISSN (Online):  2040-7467
ISSN (Print):   2040-7459
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