Measuring efficiency in sports organizations using a DEA model

Abstract:

This research has the objective of analyzing the efficiency of training sport organizations by applying a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to the 24 province federations of Ecuador, considering as output the gold, silver and bronze medals obtained in the tournaments organized at the national level by the Ministry of Sports in 2015. The inputs are variables such as; the budget of the sport organization, number of the athletes that belongs to the federation, population of the province between 5 and 19 years, province Gross Value Added without consider oil production activity. The results reveal that seven province federations are technically efficient, and only two of these are ranked among the top ten receiving a larger public allocation, while the other five are below the province budget average.

Año de publicación:

2017

Keywords:

• sports
• DEA
• Performance measurement

Fuente:

scopus