Relative efficiency of plantation companies in Malaysia: a financial ratio-based data envelopment analysis approach

This study examines the relative efficiency of 31 plantation companies in Malaysia based on data for the first three cummulated quarters of 2012 (January - September). The study applies an adopted version of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). DEA is a tool used to weigh the inputs/outputs and measure...

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Main Authors: Abdul Wahab, Abdul Hamid, Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri
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Published: 2015
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spelling my.iium.irep.430602015-10-01T07:47:18Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/43060/ Relative efficiency of plantation companies in Malaysia: a financial ratio-based data envelopment analysis approach Abdul Wahab, Abdul Hamid Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri HF5001 Business. Business Administration This study examines the relative efficiency of 31 plantation companies in Malaysia based on data for the first three cummulated quarters of 2012 (January - September). The study applies an adopted version of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). DEA is a tool used to weigh the inputs/outputs and measure the relative efficiency of decision-making units. This research adopts an output-oriented form of DEA based on financial ratios without the utilization of inputs. The innovative adopted DEA model provides a comprehensive decision on a company’s efficiency by taking into account various financial ratios all together and combining them into a single measure of efficiency. The results show that out of the 31 plantation companies in Malaysia, only five (16.13%) proved to be efficient. Also, it is found that the higher a company’s financial ratio in relation to the equivalent ratios of other companies, the higher the efficiency score of that company. Keywords: Efficiency, Data Envelopment Analysis, Malaysia, Plantation Companies 2015-04-04 Conference or Workshop Item REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43060/1/KLIBEL_6_-_Proceedings.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43060/2/KLIBEL_program.pdf Abdul Wahab, Abdul Hamid and Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri (2015) Relative efficiency of plantation companies in Malaysia: a financial ratio-based data envelopment analysis approach. In: Kuala Lumpur International Business, Economics and Law Conference, 18th-19th April 2015, Hotel Putra, Kuala Lumpur.
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topic HF5001 Business. Business Administration
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Abdul Wahab, Abdul Hamid
Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri
Relative efficiency of plantation companies in Malaysia: a financial ratio-based data envelopment analysis approach
description This study examines the relative efficiency of 31 plantation companies in Malaysia based on data for the first three cummulated quarters of 2012 (January - September). The study applies an adopted version of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). DEA is a tool used to weigh the inputs/outputs and measure the relative efficiency of decision-making units. This research adopts an output-oriented form of DEA based on financial ratios without the utilization of inputs. The innovative adopted DEA model provides a comprehensive decision on a company’s efficiency by taking into account various financial ratios all together and combining them into a single measure of efficiency. The results show that out of the 31 plantation companies in Malaysia, only five (16.13%) proved to be efficient. Also, it is found that the higher a company’s financial ratio in relation to the equivalent ratios of other companies, the higher the efficiency score of that company. Keywords: Efficiency, Data Envelopment Analysis, Malaysia, Plantation Companies
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Abdul Wahab, Abdul Hamid
Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri
author_facet Abdul Wahab, Abdul Hamid
Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri
author_sort Abdul Wahab, Abdul Hamid
title Relative efficiency of plantation companies in Malaysia: a financial ratio-based data envelopment analysis approach
title_short Relative efficiency of plantation companies in Malaysia: a financial ratio-based data envelopment analysis approach
title_full Relative efficiency of plantation companies in Malaysia: a financial ratio-based data envelopment analysis approach
title_fullStr Relative efficiency of plantation companies in Malaysia: a financial ratio-based data envelopment analysis approach
title_full_unstemmed Relative efficiency of plantation companies in Malaysia: a financial ratio-based data envelopment analysis approach
title_sort relative efficiency of plantation companies in malaysia: a financial ratio-based data envelopment analysis approach
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/43060/1/KLIBEL_6_-_Proceedings.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/43060/2/KLIBEL_program.pdf
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