Measuring the Technical Efficiency of Public Service Broadcasters: An Application of DEA in Spain

Authors

  • Víctor Orive Serrano Departamento de Economa y Empresas Tursticas Universidad de Zaragoza
  • Pilar Latorre Martínez Departamento de Direccion y Organizacion de Empresas Universidad de Zaragoza
  • Juan Pablo Artero Muñoz Departamento de Lingustica General e Hispanica (Area de Periodismo) Universidad de Zaragoza

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46661/revmetodoscuanteconempresa.2250

Keywords:

Data envelopment analysis, efficiency, public service broadcasters, outsourcing, input, output, análisis envolvente de datos, eficiencia, servicio público de televisión, externalización

Abstract

The excessive debt of the Spanish economy in the last few year raises the issue of efficiency in the management of public resources. Within this context, this research measures the technical efficiency of regional public service broadcasters (PSBs) in Spain using data envelopment analysis (DEA). The results indicate that several corporations are not efficient and they need to make decisions regarding some of their inputs to guarantee their sustainability. In addition, those PSBs following a management model based on outsourcing are more efficient. This research also provides a theoretical framework and a methodological application for the measurement of efficiency in the public service media sector.

 

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2016-11-04

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Orive Serrano, V., Latorre Martínez, P., & Artero Muñoz, J. P. (2016). Measuring the Technical Efficiency of Public Service Broadcasters: An Application of DEA in Spain. Journal of Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business Administration, 21, Páginas 5 a 20. https://doi.org/10.46661/revmetodoscuanteconempresa.2250

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