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Scale efficiency of China's regional R & D value chain: A double frontier network DEA approach

  • * Corresponding author: Saeed Assani

    * Corresponding author: Saeed Assani 
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  • Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is one of the vastly available literature on efficiency analysis. In general, the efficiency of decision making units (DMUs) can be measured from two perspectives, optimistic and pessimistic. Two different perspectives lead to two different conflicting and biased scale efficiency measurements. To deal with the problem, in this paper, we introduce a double frontier approach to integrate both optimistic and pessimistic scale efficiencies' viewpoints in one single scale efficiency term, which will be more realistic and has benchmarking preferences. We first investigate the scale efficiency concept from double frontier perspective in black-box DEA and then extend it to the two-stage DEA framework. Mathematical analysis proved that the double frontier scale efficiency of a two-stage system could be decomposed into the internal stages' double frontier scale efficiencies. Finally, we elaborate applicability and merits of the proposed approach using a case of China's regional R & D value chain in terms of its profitability and marketability.

    Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 90B10, 90B30; Secondary: 90B50.

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  • Figure 1.  Two-stage DEA system

    Figure 2.  Two-stage R & D value chain

    Figure 3.  Efficiency evaluation from an optimistic perspective by area

    Figure 4.  Efficiency evaluation from a pessimistic perspective by area

    Figure 5.  Efficiency evaluation from double frontier perspective by area

    Table 1.  Dataset

    DMU Inputs Output
    $ X_1 $ $ X_2 $ $ Y $
    A 40 7 210
    B 32 12 105
    C 52 20 304
    D 35 13 200
    E 32 8 150
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    Table 2.  Scale efficiencies and DMUs rankings under optimistic, pessimistic, and double frontier

    DMU Optimistic perspective Pessimistic perspective Double frontier
    $ E_{opt}^{\ast} $ $ T_{opt}^{\ast} $ $ SE_{opt} $ $ R $ $ E_{pess}^{\ast} $ $ T_{pess}^{\ast} $ $ SE_{pess} $ $ R $ $ SE_{df} $ $ R $
    A 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1 1.6000 1.0638 1.5040 2 1.2264 2
    B 0.5639 1.0000 0.5639 5 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 5 0.7509 5
    C 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1 1.7371 1.0000 1.7371 1 1.3180 1
    D 0.9838 1.0000 0.9838 3 1.7415 1.1871 1.4670 3 1.2013 3
    E 0.8580 1.0000 0.8580 4 1.4286 1.1413 1.2517 4 1.0363 4
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    Table 3.  Summary of inputs and outputs descriptive statistics of China's regional R & D activities

    Mean S.D. Minimum Mximum
    Employees 1356.5 1111.2 141 5980
    Investment in fixed assets (100 million Yuan) 14014.7 16100.7 688 69113
    R & D personnel 88048.3 111505.4 2068 424872
    R & D projects 11415.9 13971.5 156 53117
    R & D expenditure (10000 Yuan) 3084654.9 3771958.6 92528 13765378
    Sales volumes (100 million Yuan) 36403 36819.4 1901 141194
    Number of patents 26320.2 32272.3 660 146660
    Market value (100 million Yuan) 26911.2 57669.3 65 313719
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    Table Appendix.1.  Data of R&D activities of 30 provincial-level regions in mainland China for 2014

    Region $ X_1 $ $ X_2 $ $ X_3 $ $ X_4 $ $ X_5 $ $ Z_1 $ $ Z_2 $ $ Y $
    1 Beijing 5980 11582 57761 2335010 9010 18228 78129 313719
    2 Tianjin 1069 16877 79014 3228057 15055 27391 23391 38856
    3 Hebei 1448 20762 75142 2606711 8714 46685 8332 2922
    4 Shanxi 733 4581 35775 1247027 2726 15214 6107 4846
    5 Inner Mongolia 622 14709 27068 1080287 2265 19517 1924 1394
    6 Liaoning 1690 26103 63374 3242303 8608 48764 18417 21746
    7 Jilin 788 12383 24395 789431 2264 22964 5288 2858
    8 Heilongjiang 1154 9229 37509 955820 4324 13139 13468 12028
    9 Shanghai 2254 5467 93868 4492192 13821 32458 39133 59245
    10 Jiangsu 2151 60663 422865 13765378 53117 141194 146660 54316
    11 Zhejiang 1610 9149 290339 7681473 45679 64914 52406 8725
    12 Anhui 958 21948 95287 2847303 14648 36505 49960 16983
    13 Fujian 848 5269 110892 3153831 10949 37373 12529 3919
    14 Jiangxi 554 5440 28803 1284642 4385 28727 4688 5076
    15 Shandong 1842 69113 230800 11755482 34353 139627 77298 24929
    16 Henan 1639 13262 134256 3372310 12635 67149 19646 4079
    17 Hubei 1517 9427 91456 3629506 9955 42012 22536 58068
    18 Hunan 1292 20605 77428 3100446 9393 34394 14474 9793
    19 Guangdong 3193 16477 424872 13752869 42941 116336 75147 41325
    20 Guangxi 977 7054 22793 848808 3260 19629 22237 1158
    21 Hainan 219 1184 3484 111010 934 1901 969 65
    22 Chongqing 766 2975 43797 1664720 7879 18439 19418 15620
    23 Sichuan 2106 8311 62145 1960112 11027 37400 29926 19905
    24 Guizhou 766 1515 15659 410132 1682 9053 8203 2004
    25 Yunnan 1011 3215 12980 516572 2102 10022 4732 4792
    26 Shaanxi 1777 33830 50753 1606946 6668 19947 24399 64002
    27 Gansu 704 6623 14380 464410 1894 7886 4986 11452
    28 Qinghai 229 688 2068 92528 156 2475 660 2910
    29 Ningxia 141 702 5799 186518 1136 3584 2183 318
    30 Xinjiang 657 1297 6688 357812 897 9161 2360 282
    $X_1$:Employees, $X_2$:Investment in fixed assets (100 million Yuan) $X_3$:R&D personnel, $X_4$:R&D projects, $X_5$:R&D expenditure (10000 Yuan), $Z_1$:Sales volumes (100 million Yuan, ) $Z_2$:Number of patents, $Y$: Market value (100 million Yuan)
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    Table Appendix.2.  Optimistic, pessimistic, and double frontier's CCR, BCC, and scale efficiencies of the two-stage China's R&D value chain

    Profitability stage Marketability stage R&D value chain
    No Model CCR BCC SE R CCR BCC SE R CCR BCC SE R
    1 Opt 1.000 1.000 1.000 7 1.000 1.000 1.000 1 1.000 1.000 1.000 1
    Pess 1.000 1.000 1.000 26 176.7 1.000 176.7 1 176.7 1.000 176.7 1
    DF 1.000 1.000 1.000 10 13.29 1.000 13.29 1 13.29 1.000 13.29 1
    2 Opt 0.547 0.620 0.883 11 0.403 0.412 0.976 10 0.220 0.256 0.862 9
    Pess 1.000 1.000 1.000 28 32.14 20.82 1.544 20 32.14 20.82 1.544 20
    DF 0.739 0.787 0.939 14 3.600 2.932 1.227 20 2.663 2.308 1.153 12
    3 Opt 0.221 0.946 0.234 29 0.076 0.086 0.875 24 0.016 0.082 0.205 28
    Pess 1.181 1.000 1.181 8 2.335 1.000 2.335 12 2.758 1.000 2.758 13
    DF 0.511 0.972 0.526 29 0.421 0.294 1.430 13 0.215 0.286 0.752 27
    4 Opt 0.400 0.711 0.562 21 0.185 0.195 0.950 18 0.074 0.139 0.534 19
    Pess 1.000 1.000 1.000 22 10.31 6.918 1.491 21 10.31 6.918 1.491 22
    DF 0.632 0.843 0.750 23 1.385 1.163 1.190 21 0.876 0.981 0.893 23
    5 Opt 0.165 0.924 0.178 30 0.141 0.174 0.809 26 0.023 0.161 0.144 29
    Pess 1.000 1.000 1.000 21 2.721 1.000 2.721 11 2.721 1.000 2.721 14
    DF 0.406 0.961 0.422 30 0.620 0.417 1.484 11 0.252 0.401 0.627 29
    6 Opt 0.422 0.781 0.540 22 0.275 0.293 0.939 20 0.116 0.229 0.508 21
    Pess 1.239 1.000 1.239 6 13.95 7.438 1.876 18 17.29 7.438 2.325 16
    DF 0.723 0.883 0.818 19 1.960 1.476 1.327 18 1.418 1.305 1.087 17
    7 Opt 0.362 1.000 0.362 26 0.120 0.133 0.907 23 0.043 0.133 0.329 25
    Pess 1.441 1.000 1.441 1 4.535 2.328 1.948 15 6.539 2.328 2.808 11
    DF 0.723 1.000 0.723 26 0.740 0.556 1.329 17 0.535 0.556 0.961 21
    8 Opt 0.533 0.584 0.912 10 0.217 0.221 0.983 7 0.116 0.129 0.897 8
    Pess 1.134 1.000 1.134 10 19.62 16.54 1.186 23 22.26 16.54 1.345 25
    DF 0.778 0.764 1.017 7 2.068 1.914 1.080 23 1.609 1.464 1.099 14
    9 Opt 1.000 1.000 1.000 4 0.370 0.376 0.984 5 0.370 0.376 0.984 4
    Pess 1.082 1.000 1.082 16 33.52 6.038 5.552 5 36.28 6.038 6.009 5
    DF 1.040 1.000 1.040 6 3.526 1.508 2.338 4 3.668 1.508 2.432 4
    10 Opt 1.000 1.000 1.000 2 0.090 0.173 0.522 28 0.090 0.173 0.522 20
    Pess 1.349 1.000 1.349 2 8.236 1.000 8.236 3 11.11 1.000 11.11 3
    DF 1.161 1.000 1.161 1 0.862 0.416 2.073 7 1.002 0.416 2.408 5
    11 Opt 1.000 1.000 1.000 3 0.040 0.041 0.973 13 0.040 0.041 0.973 7
    Pess 1.000 1.000 1.000 30 2.919 1.000 2.919 9 2.919 1.000 2.919 10
    DF 1.000 1.000 1.000 9 0.343 0.203 1.685 9 0.343 0.203 1.685 9
    12 Opt 1.000 1.000 1.000 5 0.083 0.084 0.986 3 0.083 0.084 0.986 2
    Pess 1.657 1.280 1.294 4 8.224 1.000 8.224 4 13.63 1.280 10.65 4
    DF 1.287 1.131 1.138 2 0.828 0.290 2.848 3 1.066 0.329 3.241 3
    13 Opt 0.523 1.000 0.523 23 0.072 0.077 0.932 21 0.037 0.077 0.488 22
    Pess 1.000 1.000 1.000 25 3.542 1.823 1.942 16 3.542 1.823 1.942 17
    DF 0.723 1.000 0.723 25 0.506 0.376 1.346 15 0.366 0.376 0.974 20
    14 Opt 0.321 1.000 0.321 27 0.231 0.266 0.870 25 0.074 0.266 0.279 27
    Pess 1.433 1.327 1.080 17 7.806 2.815 2.773 10 11.19 3.737 2.994 9
    DF 0.679 1.152 0.589 27 1.344 0.865 1.553 10 0.912 0.997 0.915 22
    15 Opt 0.764 1.000 0.764 15 0.076 0.0803 0.958 17 0.058 0.080 0.732 13
    Pess 1.178 1.000 1.178 9 5.093 1.000 5.093 6 6.004 1.000 6.004 6
    DF 0.949 1.000 0.949 12 0.626 0.283 2.208 5 0.594 0.283 2.096 6
    16 Opt 0.458 1.000 0.458 25 0.047 0.051 0.920 22 0.021 0.051 0.421 24
    Pess 1.294 1.000 1.294 5 2.159 1.000 2.159 14 2.794 1.000 2.794 12
    DF 0.770 1.000 0.770 21 0.320 0.227 1.410 14 0.246 0.227 1.085 18
    17 Opt 0.619 0.868 0.713 16 0.613 0.640 0.958 16 0.380 0.555 0.683 15
    Pess 1.153 1.135 1.016 18 39.52 21.06 1.876 17 45.60 23.91 1.907 18
    DF 0.845 0.992 0.851 17 4.925 3.672 1.341 16 4.163 3.646 1.141 13
    18 Opt 0.360 0.629 0.572 20 0.159 0.167 0.947 19 0.057 0.105 0.541 17
    Pess 1.000 1.000 1.000 23 8.711 4.929 1.767 19 8.711 4.929 1.767 19
    DF 0.600 0.793 0.756 22 1.176 0.909 1.293 19 0.706 0.722 0.978 19
    19 Opt 0.848 1.000 0.848 12 0.132 0.136 0.964 14 0.112 0.136 0.818 10
    Pess 1.000 1.000 1.000 20 9.085 1.857 4.890 7 9.085 1.857 4.890 7
    DF 0.920 1.000 0.920 15 1.095 0.504 2.172 6 1.008 0.504 2.000 8
    20 Opt 1.000 1.000 1.000 8 0.012 0.012 0.984 6 0.012 0.012 0.984 5
    Pess 2.240 2.033 1.102 12 1.306 1.000 1.306 22 2.928 2.033 1.440 23
    DF 1.497 1.426 1.049 4 0.129 0.113 1.134 22 0.193 0.162 1.190 11
    21 Opt 0.298 0.981 0.304 28 0.015 1.000 0.015 30 0.004 0.981 0.004 30
    Pess 1.000 1.000 1.000 29 1.000 1.000 1.000 30 1.000 1.000 1.000 30
    DF 0.546 0.990 0.551 28 0.126 1.000 0.126 30 0.069 0.990 0.069 30
    22 Opt 1.000 1.000 1.000 6 0.196 0.199 0.982 9 0.196 0.199 0.982 6
    Pess 1.535 1.372 1.118 11 16.23 14.84 1.093 28 24.92 20.38 1.222 28
    DF 1.239 1.171 1.057 3 1.785 1.722 1.036 27 2.212 2.018 1.096 16
    23 Opt 0.771 0.958 0.805 14 0.161 0.165 0.973 12 0.124 0.158 0.784 12
    Pess 1.832 1.664 1.100 14 12.24 5.656 2.164 13 22.43 9.414 2.383 15
    DF 1.189 1.263 0.941 13 1.404 0.967 1.451 12 1.670 1.221 1.366 10
    24 Opt 0.815 1.000 0.815 13 0.059 0.060 0.983 8 0.048 0.060 0.801 11
    Pess 1.597 1.197 1.333 3 4.875 4.323 1.127 26 7.786 5.177 1.503 21
    DF 1.140 1.094 1.042 5 0.538 0.511 1.053 24 0.614 0.559 1.097 15
    25 Opt 0.319 0.640 0.499 24 0.239 0.249 0.962 15 0.076 0.159 0.480 23
    Pess 1.101 1.000 1.101 13 14.44 12.70 1.137 25 15.90 12.70 1.252 26
    DF 0.593 0.800 0.741 24 1.860 1.778 1.046 26 1.103 1.423 0.775 26
    26 Opt 0.589 0.590 0.998 9 0.642 0.652 0.985 4 0.378 0.384 0.984 3
    Pess 1.000 1.000 1.000 27 59.28 13.62 4.352 8 59.28 13.62 4.352 8
    DF 0.767 0.768 0.999 11 6.173 2.980 2.071 8 4.739 2.289 2.070 7
    27 Opt 0.391 0.646 0.606 19 0.551 0.565 0.975 11 0.216 0.365 0.591 16
    Pess 1.085 1.000 1.085 15 38.60 34.25 1.127 27 41.92 34.25 1.224 27
    DF 0.652 0.804 0.811 20 4.613 4.399 1.048 25 3.009 3.537 0.850 25
    28 Opt 1.000 1.000 1.000 1 0.535 1.000 0.535 27 0.535 1.000 0.535 18
    Pess 1.000 1.000 1.000 19 42.81 1.000 42.81 2 42.81 1.000 42.81 2
    DF 1.000 1.000 1.000 8 4.789 1.000 4.789 2 4.789 1.000 4.789 2
    29 Opt 0.712 1.000 0.712 17 0.034 0.035 0.990 2 0.024 0.035 0.705 14
    Pess 1.695 1.695 1.000 24 2.325 2.217 1.048 29 3.944 3.760 1.048 29
    DF 1.099 1.302 0.843 18 0.284 0.279 1.019 28 0.313 0.364 0.860 24
    30 Opt 0.633 0.956 0.662 18 0.014 0.029 0.491 29 0.009 0.027 0.325 26
    Pess 1.217 1.000 1.217 7 1.146 1.000 1.146 24 1.395 1.000 1.395 24
    DF 0.878 0.978 0.898 16 0.127 0.170 0.750 29 0.112 0.166 0.674 28
    Opt 0.636 0.894 0.709 0.226 0.286 0.878 0.152 0.248 0.636
    Pess 1.248 1.123 1.111 19.51 6.406 9.787 21.53 6.965 10.14
    DF 0.869 0.996 0.867 2.049 1.131 1.938 1.792 1.041 1.789
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