Modeling Operational Efficiency Using Data Envelopment Analysis: Evidence from Atlantic City Hotels

2012; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês

ISSN

1556-5068

Autores

Ya‐Ling Huang, In-Fun Lee, Yen‐Hsien Lee,

Tópico(s)

Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets

Resumo

The casino entertainment industry is an intensely competitive environment with many operational risks, explaining why casino managers highly prioritize performance evaluation. This study develops a performance evaluation model based on data envelopment analysis (DEA) to determine casino managerial efficiency in 2007 and the change in efficiency for eleven casinos from 2003-2007 in Atlantic City. Analytical results suggest an apparently high technical efficiency and low scale efficiency, indicating that managerial inefficiency derives mainly from an inappropriate scale of business in the casino entertainment industry of Atlantic City. Moreover, weak industrial growth of casino entertainment implies that front runners should closely examine systematic problems in their management strategies.

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