Using Data Env
Using Data Envelopment
Analysis to Rate Pharmaceutical Companies; A case study of IRAN
Mohammd
Jalili (phd) 1, Hassan Rangriz(phd) 2 and Samira Shabani*3
1Department of business management Abhar
branch,Islamic Azad university, Abhar,Iran
2Department of business management
Abhar branch,Islamic Azad university, Abhar,Iran
3Department of business management
Abhar branch,Islamic Azad university, Abhar,Iran
*corresponding author: Samira Shabani, Email:[email protected]
Abstract: Efficiency analysis
and performance comparison among homogeneous firms provides the field of using
tools and economic indicators in financial management, allocation of resources
and other managerial decisions. The aim of this research is measuring and
identifying the productivity changes of some Pharmaceutical Companies. This
research has done on the efficiency of 28 Companies, using DEA. In this
study we used Total assets/ net working capital, Total assets/ net
profit, Total Debt/ Cash Flow and profitmargin and the Total assets/Total
Debt as well as the Total assets/Long term debt as outputs and input variables.
The findings show that which companies have efficiency and which companies need
to change their processes.
[Mohammd
Jalili, Hassan Rangriz and Samira Shabani. Using Data Envelopment Analysis to Rate
Pharmaceutical Companies; A case study of IRAN. Life Sci J 2013;10(1):336-341].
(ISSN: 1097-8135).http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 55
Keywords: DEA, Efficiency, Financial performance
measurement, Pharmaceutical Companies Full Text 55
