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Copyright ASEPUC (Associacion Espanola de Profesores Universitarios de Contabilidad) 2014

Abstract

Measuring the performance of any unit decision is certainly desirable in order to discover whether the application of economic resources (inputs) is appropriate at all times to achieve its central objective. In this sense, non-profit organizations are not immune to this need for management, having additional difficulties in their performance, since because of their «non-profit» character their ultimate goal is not to maximize profit, but the achievement of social aims, sometimes difficult to quantify. In this context, this paper evaluates, within the sector of non-profit organizations, the performance of care foundations in Spain by applying the non-parametric technique of data envelopment analysis (DEA), which is able to determine the border of «best practices» of the evaluated units from a mathematical optimization model, while allow us to study the productivity change by means to calculate the total factor productivity Malmquist index based on the DEA methodology. The study is complemented by a 2-stage DEA analysis using a logit regression model to evaluate the possible association of relevant covariates in the foundations sector, such as the size, liquidity, debt and antiquity, with the previously calculated performance of these organizations. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

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Title
Medida de la eficiencia en entidades no lucrativas: un estudio empírico para fundaciones asistenciales/Measuring efficiency in nonprofit organizations: An empirical study for care foundations
Author
Franco, Carmen M Martínez; Raja, Isidoro Guzmán
Pages
47-57
Publication year
2014
Publication date
2014
Publisher
ASEPUC (Associacion Espanola de Profesores Universitarios de Contabilidad)
ISSN
11384891
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
1528361744
Copyright
Copyright ASEPUC (Associacion Espanola de Profesores Universitarios de Contabilidad) 2014