RT Journal Article
T1 Evaluating university performance using reference point based composite indicators.
A1 El-Gibari-Ben-Said, Samira
A1 Gómez-Núñez, Trinidad
A1 Ruiz-de-la-Rúa, Francisco
K1 Números indice (Economía)
K1 Toma de decisiones multicriterio
AB In this paper, we propose the application of a novel methodology to build composite indicators, in order to evaluate university performance. We analyse separately the three basic dimensions of our university system (research, teaching and technology transfer), because we are interested in getting a more accurate vision of each of them. In order to build the composite indicators, we use a multi-criteria analysis technique, based on the double reference point method. One advantage of this technique is the possibility to use reference levels, in such a way that the results obtained are easily interpreted in terms of the performance of the university with respect to these levels. Besides, aggregations for different compensation degrees are provided. In order to illustrate the advantages of this method, it has been applied to evaluate the performance of the public universities of the Spanish region of Andalucía, for year 2008. The results show that the performance of the Andalusian public universities in the teaching block is better than in the research and technology transfer blocks. The application lets us conclude that the methodology offers a warning system to assist in strategic decision making, and the values of the indicators allow us to find fields of improvement in all areas.
PB Elsevier
YR 2018
FD 2018-10-15
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31711
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31711
LA eng
NO El Gibari, S.; Gómez, T.; Ruiz, F. Evaluating university performance using reference point based composite indicators. Journal of Informetrics. 2018, 12, 1235–1250.
NO Política de acceso abierto tomada de: https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/13967
NO We acknowledge the support received from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Project ECO2016-76567-C4-4-R), and from the Regional Government of Andalucía (research group SEJ-417).
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