| Article ID: | iaor19941231 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 13 |
| Start Page Number: | 45 |
| End Page Number: | 52 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1993 |
| Journal: | International Journal of Operations & Production Management |
| Authors: | Al-Faraj Taqi N., Alidi Abdulaziz S., Bu-Bshait Khalid A. |
| Keywords: | finance & banking |
Details a data envelopment analysis study of bank branches, where the bank branches are considered as the decision-making units. The Charnes, Cooper and Rhodes ratio is used to evaluate the relative efficiency of each branch. The relative efficiency is computed utilizing specific input and output factors. The study has been applied to a set of branches of one of the largest commercial banks in Saudi Arabia in an attempt to evaluate the relative efficiency of these branches in order to improve the quality of services and utilize the available resources more efficiently.