<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>After its introduction in 1978, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has instantly been recognized as a useful methodology for measuring the relative efficiency of different entities, called Decision Making Units (DMUs), given multiple criteria. Up until nowadays, the popularity of DEA has been growing and a significant number of bibliographical items was published, reporting on both theoretical and empirical results. However, the main applicative area of DEA remained the performance measurement in economics and business. On the 40<sup>th</sup> anniversary of DEA, the aim of this paper is to present the DEA bibliography of Croatian scientists (up until June 2018). We consider six main categories of DEA-related publications, followed with key statistics and an overview of keywords and research areas. The whole list of DEA-related publications used in this analysis is published online. We believe this research will shed light on the state of DEA in Croatian science and motivate future researches.</p></abstract>

After its introduction in 1978, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has instantly been recognized as a useful methodology for measuring the relative efficiency of different entities, called Decision Making Units (DMUs), given multiple criteria. Up until nowadays, the popularity of DEA has been growing and a significant number of bibliographical items was published, reporting on both theoretical and empirical results. However, the main applicative area of DEA remained the performance measurement in economics and business. On the 40th anniversary of DEA, the aim of this paper is to present the DEA bibliography of Croatian scientists (up until June 2018). We consider six main categories of DEA-related publications, followed with key statistics and an overview of keywords and research areas. The whole list of DEA-related publications used in this analysis is published online. We believe this research will shed light on the state of DEA in Croatian science and motivate future researches.

A Survey and Analysis of Scholarly Literature in DEA Published by Croatian Researchers: 1978 – 2018

Luka Neralić is Professor Emeritus at the University of Zagreb

Margareta Gardijan Kedžo is at University of Zagreb

Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business

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After its introduction in 1978, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has instantly been recognized as a useful methodology for measuring the relative efficiency of...

A Survey and Analysis of Scholarly Literature in DEA Published by Croatian Researchers: 1978 – 2018

Published Online: Jun 13, 2019

Page range: 93 - 106

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/zireb-2019-0014

Keywords
data envelopment analysis, efficiency, Croatian science, bibliography, survey

© 2019 Luka Neralić et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

A Survey and Analysis of Scholarly Literature in DEA Published by Croatian Researchers: 1978 – 2018

Published Online: Jun 13, 2019

Page range: 93 - 106

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/zireb-2019-0014

Keywordsdata envelopment analysis, efficiency, Croatian science, bibliography, survey

© 2019 Luka Neralić et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
data envelopment analysis, efficiency, Croatian science, bibliography, survey