CONFERENCE PROGRAM

August, 2012

Ana Lúcia Miranda Lopes, UFMG, Brazil   Mariana Rodrigues de Almeida, UFRN, Brazil

Rajiv Banker, Temple University, USA   Ali Emrouznejad, Aston University, UK

 

 

DEA 2012 CONFERENCE PROGRAM

MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012

TIME SESSION PESTANA ROOM

9:00-17:30

Workshop: WORKSHOP ON EFFICIENCY AND REGULATION OF ENERGY COMPANIES Rajiv Banker, Fox School of Business, USA Ana Lopes, UFMG, Brazil

Room B

9:00- 12:00

Tutorial 1: LEARNING FROM HEALTH CARE OUTLIERS & BEST PRACTICES FRONTIERS: TUTORIAL ON HEALTH CARE APPLICATIONS OF DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS Jon Chilingerian, Brandeis University, USA H. David Sherman, Northeastern University, USA Tutorial 2: DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS IN THE BANKING SECTOR Joseph Paradi, University of Toronto, Canada Tutorial 3: ON EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT AND THE DESIGN OF ENGINEERING SYSTEMS Kostas Triantis, Virginia Tech University, USA

Room A

Room C

Room D

LUNCH (tickets will be sold at the DEA Conference reception desk)

14:00- 17:00

Tutorial 4: DEA SOFTWARE Ali Emrouznejad, Aston University, UK Tutorial 5: ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS OF DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS Subhash Ray, University of Connecticut, USA Tutorial 6: CONVEX NONPARAMETRIC LEAST SQUARES (CNLS) AND STOCHASTIC NONPARAMETRIC ENVELOPMENT OF DATA (STONED) Andrew Johnson, Texas A&M University, USA

Room A

Room C

Room D

18:30- 21:30

WELCOME RECEPTION Tukuapu Restaurant

Pestana Hotel

 

 

TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012

TIME SESSION PESTANA ROOM

8:30-10:00

Session A1: OPENING CEREMONY WELCOME REMARKS Rajiv Banker, Fox School of Business, USA Ali Emrouznejad, Aston University, UK Ana Lúcia Miranda Lopes, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, UFMG, Brazil Mariana Almeida, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, UFRN, Brazil

KEYNOTE SPEECH:

Luiz Fernando Rolla, CEMIG, Brazil

Room A

10:00-10:30

COFFEE BREAK POSTER SESSION I *

Fouyer

10:30-12:00

SESSION A2 INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH DEA IN INCENTIVE REGULATION KEYNOTE SPEECH: Peter Bogetoft, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Room A

PANEL SESSION B2

INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSION GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL EFFICIENCY-QUALITY STUDIES TO ACHIEVE CLINICAL EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS Chair Panelists: Jon Chilingerian, Brandeis University, USA H. David Sherman, Northeastern University, United States

Room B

 TUESDAY,  AUGUST  28  

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10:30-12:00

Session C2: EFFICIENCY IN BANKING

Chair: Joseph Paradi, University of Toronto, Canada C2.1. (007) DOUBLE SIDED EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT WITH DEA: A BANKING EXAMPLE Ayhan Gölcükcü, Süleyman Demirel University, Turkey Hasan Bal, Gazi University, Turkey C2.2. (106) AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF STOCHASTIC DEA: THE CASE OF THE PERUVIAN BANKING INDUSTRY Vincent Charles, CENTRUM, Catolica, PUCP, Peru C2.3. (054) DEREGULATION AND PERFORMANCE OF MEXICAN BANKING Francisco Vargas, Universidad de Sonora, Mexico Luis Rentería, Universidad de Sonora, Mexico Arnulfo Castellanos, Universidad de Sonora, Mexico Panagiotis Zervopoulos, University of Ioannina, Greece Gang Sheng, Peking University, China C2.4. (014) A MULTI-ATTRIBUTE CLASSIFICATION MODEL FOR DECISION MAKING IN CREDIT APPLICATIONS Joseph Paradi, University of Toronto, Canada Haiyan Zhu, University of Toronto, Canada

Session D2: ALTERNATIVE NON-PARAMETRIC PRODUCTION FRONTIERS Chair: Rui Marques, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal D2.1. (057) INTEGRATING MULTIOBJECTIVE DEA MODELS FOR DETERMINING ALTERNATIVE TARGETS AND EFFICIENCY INDEX IN PROBLEMS WITH NON DISCRETIONARY VARIABLES Silvio Gomes Júnior, UEZO, Brazil Lidia Angulo Meza, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil João Carlos Soares De Mello, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil D2.2. (096) EFFICIENCY OF THREE OUTLIERS DETECTION TESTS ON NON PARAMETRIC FRONTIERS METHODS Victor Delgado, Fundação João Pinheiro, Brazil Igor Souza, UFOP, Brazil D2.3. (025) NONPARAMETRIC DYNAMIC APPROACH TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF CONTEXTUAL VARIABLES ON THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH EFFICIENCY IN BRAZIL Geraldo Souza, Embrapa, Brazil Eliane Gomes, Embrapa, Brazil D2.4. (108) INVESTIGATING ECONOMIES OF SCOPE BY ROBUST NON-PARAMETRIC METHODS Pedro Carvalho, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Rui Marques, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

Room C

Room D

 TUESDAY,  AUGUST  28  

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Session E2: LOGISTICS APPLICATIONS Chair: Carlos Ernani Fries, UFSC, Brazil E2.1. (056) EVALUATION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE AXIS INTEGRATION IN THE LEGAL AMAZON USING DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS Rafael Medeiros, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Brazil Natália Silva, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Brazil Márcia Moita, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Brazil E2.2. (127) ASSESSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY UNDER DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES DEA IN BRAZILIAN OIL REFINERIES Cláudia Francisco, UFRN, Brazil Mariana Almeida, UFRN, Brazil Djalma Silva, UFRN, Brazil Orlando Simas, UFRN, Brazil E2.3. (020) EVALUATION OF THE EFFICIENCY IN THE TRANSPORT OF HYDROCARBONS BY PIPELINES USING A DEA METODOLOGY Ronaldo Bastos, UFES, Brazil Marta Monteiro Da Costa Cruz, UFES, Brazil E2.4. (085) MANAGERIAL AND SCALE EFFICIENCY DEA ANALYSIS OF THE LOGISTICS SERVICE INDUSTRY IN BRAZIL  Carlos Ernani Fries, UFSC, Brazil  Mônica Maria Mendes Luna, UFSC, Brazil  Antônio Galvão Novaes, UFSC, Brazil  

Room E

10:30-12:00

Session F2: EFFICIENCY OF SCHOOLS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION Chair: Martha Ramírez-Valdivia, Universidad de La Frontera, Chile F2.1. (090) PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF MUNICIPAL EDUCATION IN RIO DE JANEIRO THROUGH DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS IN THE CONTEXT OF COMPLEX SOCIAL PROBLEMS Rodrigo Sant'Anna, UFRJ, Brazil Marcos Lins, UFRJ, Brazil F2.2. (123) THE DESIGNING OF PERFORMANCE EVALUATION MODEL FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION OFFICES OF UNIVERSITIES BY DEA M. R. Ramazanian, Guilan University, Islamic Republic of Iran M. H. Gholizadeh, Guilan University, Islamic Republic of Iran S. A. Mirkazemi, Birjand University, Islamic Republic of Iran Mehrali Hemmatinazhad, Guilan University Islamic Republic of Iran F2.3. (019) STATIC VERSUS DYNAMIC DEA IN BRAZILIAN FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION Edward Costa, UFRN, Brazil Francisco Ramos, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil Hermíno Souza, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil F2.4. (063) THE EFFICIENCY OF CHILEAN SCHOOLS: AN MULTIVARIATE-DEA ANALYSIS USING PISA 2009 DATA Martha Ramírez-Valdivia, Universidad de La Frontera, Chile

Room F

 TUESDAY,  AUGUST  28  

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Sonia Salvo-Garrido, Universidad de La Frontera, Chile Horacio Miranda-Vargas, Universidad de La Frontera, Chile Ana Moraga-Pumarino, Universidad de La Frontera, Chile Daniela Vera-Bachmann, Univesidad Austral de Chile, Chile

12:00-13:30 LUNCH Cais da Ribeira Restaurant

PESTANA HOTEL

13:30-15:00

Session A3: THE BRAZILIAN ENERGY DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES EXPERIENCE THROUGH DEA FOR REGULATION Chair: Ana Lúcia Miranda Lopes, CEPEAD, UFMG, Brazil.

Panelists: Maura Galuppo Botelo Martins, CEMIG, Brazil Ricardo Reis Mourão, AES Brasil, Brazil

Room A

Session B3: NEW DIRECTIONS FOR MEDICINE AND MANAGEMENT: FROM PRACTICE TO THEORY Chair: Jon Chilingerian, Brandeis University, United States B3.1. (070) COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER EFFICIENCY: THE ROLE OF RESOURCE DEPENDENCE AND THE ECONOMICS OF PRODUCTION IN HEALTH CENTER EFFICIENCY Peter Amico, Brandeis University, United States B3.2. (125) A NETWORK DEA MODEL TO ASSESS OF TEACHING, RESEARCH AND HEALTH CARE INTEGRATION AND PERFORMANCE IN BRAZILIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS Maria Stella Castro Lobo, UFRJ, Brazil Marcos Estellita Lins, UFRJ, Brazil B3.3. (076) EVALUATING LONG-TERM EFFICIENCY OF ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION ACTIVITY IN BRAZIL Alexandre Marinho, IPEA, Brazil Vívian Almeida, IPEA, Brazil Simone Cardoso, IPEA, Brazil B3.4. (100) NEW DIRECTIONS FOR HEALTH CARE APLICATIONS: Q-DEA AND QUALITY-OUTCOME FRONTIERS Jon Chilingerian, Brandeis University, United States David Sherman, Northeastern University, United States

Room B

Session C3: SUPPLY CHAIN EFFICIENCY Chair: Mariana Almeida, UFRN, Brazil C3.1. (040) EFFICIENCY AND BENCHMARKING IN MANAGEMENT SERVICE AFTER SALES CAR Ronan Bucar, PUC-GO, Brazil Maria José Pereira Dantas, PUC-GO, Brazil C3.2. (130) AN APPROACH TO THE REGULATION AND TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF THE URBAN BUS SYSTEM IN SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA Carlos Contreras-Montoya, ACITRA, Costa Rica Enilson Santos, UFRN, Brazil. Rômulo Orrico Filho, COPPE, UFRJ, Brazil

Room C

 TUESDAY,  AUGUST  28  

  7  

C3.3. (028) THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE SUGAR MILLS OF THE PROVINCE OF PERNAMBUCO, BRAZIL, IN 1857: EVALUATION OF THE EFFICIENCY BY DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS Jose Raimundo Vergolino, Faculdade Boa Viagem, Brazil Francisco De Souza Ramos, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil C3.4. (093) BENCHMARKING THE EFFICIENCY OF THIRD PARTY LOGISTICS IN BRAZIL USING DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS Luís F. A. Oliveira, UFRN, Brazil Mariana R. Almeida, UFRN, Brazil

Room C

Session D3: ALGORITHMS Chair: Jose Dula, Virginia Commonwealth University, United States D3.1. (004) DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS NAVIGATOR & SEARCHER (DEANS) Hasan Bal, Gazi University, Turkey Ayhan Gölcükcü, Süleyman Demirel University, Turkey D3.2. (066) A GENETIC ALGORITHM APPROACH TO EFFICIENCY ASSESSMENTS WITH COMMON WEIGHTS Athanasios Valiakos, University of Piraeus, Greece Dimitris K. Despotis, University of Piraeus, Greece D3.3. (051)  THE EXTENDED MALMQUIST INDEX: MEASURING THE EFFECT OF THE IMPOSED STRATEGIES Mohammadreza Alirezaee, IUST, Islamic Republic of Iran Masoume Rajabi Tanha, IUST, Islamic Republic of Iran D3.4. (094) FRONTIER ANALYSIS AS A VERSATILE ANALYTICS TOOL Jose Dula, Virginia Commonwealth University, United States

Room D

13:30-15:00

Session E3: EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS IN TRANSPORTATION Chair: Nicole Adler, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel E3.1. (131) EVALUATING RETURNS TO SCALE AND CONVEXITY IN DEA VIA BOOTSTRAP: A CASE STUDY WITH BRAZILIAN PORT TERMINALS Peter Wanke, COPPEAD Graduate Business School, Brazil E3.2. (003) TRIPLE INDEX: A NEW APPROACH TO DISCRIMINATION OF EFFICIENT DMUS IN THE DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS Enzo Barberio Mariano, USP, Brazil Daisy Aparecida Do Nascimento Rebelatto, USP, Brazil E3.3. (062) THE INVESTMENT IN PORTS ENTERPRISES IN ESPIRITO SANTO, BRAZIL Marta M. C. Cruz, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil Karen Martins, CODESA, Brazil

Room E

Room E

 TUESDAY,  AUGUST  28  

  8  

13:30-15:00

E3.4. (095) SMALL REGIONAL AIRPORT SUSTAINABILITY: LESSONS FROM BENCHMARKING Nicole Adler, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Ekaterina Yazhemsky, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Tolga Ulku, Humboldt University, Germany

Session F3: AGRICULTURE EFFICIENCY MODELLING

Chair: Kurt Nielsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark F3.1. (129) PROPOSAL FOR A NEW APPLICATION FOR DEA DYNAMIC IN BRAZILIAN SCENARIO: A REVIEW OF THE MAIN VARIABLES IN THE MEASUREMENT OF EFFICIENCY IN MANUFACTURING, AGRICULTURE AND SME Fernanda Barreto de Almeida Rocha, UFRN, Brazil Mariana Rodrigues de Almeida, UFRN, Brazil F3.2. (046) USING DEA TO ASSESS EFFICIENCY OF AN APPLE DEHYDRATION PLANT Marcela C. González-Araya, Universidad de Talca, Chile Rodrigo A. Sánchez-Ramírez, Centro de Estudios de Alimentos Procesados, Chile F3.3 (078) ACCOUNTING FOR GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS IN OECD AGRICULTURE PRODUCTIVITY Tshepelayi Tshepelayi Kabata, UNL, United States F3.4. (023) INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKING: ARE HIGH LABOUR COSTS DESTROYING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF DANISH DAIRY FARMERS? Mette Asmild, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Peter Bogetoft, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Kurt Nielsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Room F

15:00-15:30 COFFEE BREAK Foyer

15:30- 17:00

Session A4: THE BRAZILIAN ENERGY TRANSMISSION COMPANIES EXPERIENCE THROUGH DEA FOR REGULATION Panelist: Antonio Carlos Perrelli, CHESF

Room A

 TUESDAY,  AUGUST  28  

  9  

Session B4: INTERNATIONAL STUDIES OF HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION Chair: Subhash Ray, University of Connecticut, United States

B4.1. (010) RECURSIVE WEIGHTED LEAST SQUARES IN STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ESTIMATION. APPLIED TO THE DUTCH HOSPITAL INDUSTRY Jos L.T. Blank, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Aljar Meesters, University of Groningen, Netherlands B4.2. (017) TECHNICAL AND ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY OF THE ENGLISH NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE’S 25 COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL RESEARCH NETWORKS Michael Graveney, University of Warwick, United Kingdom Antonios Ganas, Institute of Child Health, Athens, Greece B4.3. (091) THE TRANSLATION OF KNOWLEDGE TO IMPROVE CLINICAL EFFICIENCY USING DEA: NEW DIRECTIONS FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN HEALTH CARE Jon Chilingerian, Brandeis University & Tufts University School of Medicine, United States B4.4. (045) PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY OF GENERAL DENTAL PRACTICES IN COLORADO: AN APPLICATION OF DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS Lei Chen, Wuhan University, China Subhash Ray, University of Connecticut, United States

Room B

15:30-17:00

Session C4: EFFICIENCY OF ORGANIZATIONS Chair: Abdel-Latef Anouze, Lebanon C4.1. (073) AN ANALYSIS OF BRAZILIAN RAILROADS EFFICIENCY – AN APPLICATION OF DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS Fernanda Cunha, VALE, Brazil C4.2. (089) DEA AS A MULTICRITERIAL DECISION TOOL TO AID EVALUATION AND DECISION MAKING IN GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT Nilson Trevisan Torres, UFRJ, Brazil Marcos Pereira Estellita Lins, UFRJ, Brazil Angela Cristina Moreira Da Silva, UFRJ, Brazil C4.3. (124) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY DEALER'S BENCHMARKING FOR EFFICIENCY DETERMINATION USING DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA) Edmar de Paula, CEPEAD, UFMG, Brazil Ana Lúcia Miranda Lopes, CEPEAD, UFMG, Brazil Paulo Henrique Oliveira, Inrtituto Federal de Minas Gerais, IFMG, Brazil

Room C

 TUESDAY,  AUGUST  28  

  10  

C4.4. (086) INTEGRATED DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS AND CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE TO ASSESS E-GOVERNMENT SUCCESS Abdel-Latef Anouze, Lebanon Ibrahim H. Osman, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Session D4: ALTERNATIVE MEASURES OF EFFICIENCY Chair: Hirofumi Fukuyama, Fukuoka University, Japan D4.1. (077) STUDY OF TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT IN STEEL COMPANY, WITH APPLICATION OF DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA) Regina Goncalves, Fundação Pedro Leopoldo, Brazil José Edson Lara, Fundação Pedro Leopoldo, Brazil Ana Lúcia Miranda Lopes, UFMG, Brazil D4.2. (005) RELATIVE BALANCE AS A COMPLEMENTARY MEASURE TO RELATIVE EFFICIENCY Heinz Ahn, TU Braunschweig, Germany Ludmila Neumann, TU Braunschweig, Germany Nadia Vazquez Novoa, TU Braunschweig, Germany D4.3. (059) STUDIES OF DUALITY IN THE LI AND REEVES MODEL Maria Cecília Chaves, PUC-RJ, Brazil Eliane Pereira, UFRJ, Brazil Silvio Gomes Junior, UEZO, Brazil João Carlos Soares de Mello, UFF, Brazil D4.4. (033) LEAST DISTANCE EFFICIENCY MEASURES SATISFYING STRONG MONOTONICITY ON THE EFFICIENT FRONTIER Hirofumi Fukuyama, Fukuoka University, Japan Kazuyuki Sekitani, Shizuoka University, Japan Jianming Shi, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan

Room D

15:30-17:00

Session E4: TOURISM AND SPORTS APPLICATIONS Chair: Carla A F Amado, University of Algarve and CEFAGE-UE, Portugal E4.1. (061) THE EFFICIENCY IN TOURISM INVESTMENT CAPTURE IN RELATION TO HIGHWAYS INVESTMENT IN TOURIST ROUTES OF ESPÍRITO SANTO STATE, BRAZIL Marta M. C. Cruz, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil Josiane Baldo, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil E4.2. (116) EFFICIENCY EVALUATION OF LODGING ESTABLISHMENTS USING DEA  Nina Cruz, PUC-RJ, Brazil  Fernanda Raupp, PUC-RJ, Brazil  

Room E

 TUESDAY,  AUGUST  28  

  11  

E4.3. (011) PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT TOOLS IN FOOTBALL İhsan Alp, Gazi University, Turkey Harun Kınacı, Gazi University, Turkey E4.4 (118) IMPACT OF PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION ON PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY: EVIDENCE FROM A CHAIN OF SMALL HOTELS IN PORTUGAL Carla A F Amado, University of Algarve and CEFAGE-UE, Portugal Sérgio P Santos, University of Algarve and CEFAGE-UE, Portugal Jaime Serra, University of Évora and CEFAGE-UE, Portugal

Session F4: SUSTAINABILITY Chair: Rui Cunha Marques, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal F4.1. (006) SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE BRAZILIAN INDUSTRIAL SECTORS: A STUDY USING ADDITIVE MODEL AND WINDOW ANALYSIS Flávia De Castro Camioto, University of São Paulo, Brazil Enzo Mariano, University of São Paulo, Brazil Daisy Rebelatto, University of São Paulo, Brazil F4.2. (079) EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF THE US AGRICULTURE GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS Tshepelayi Tshepelayi Kabata, UNL, United States F4.3. (030) EFFICIENCY IN THE SANITATION MANAGEMENT AND ITS IMPACTS ON HEALTH PROMOTION: AN APPLICATION OF DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS – DEA Karlos Eduardo Arcanjo Da Cruz, PIMES/UFPE, Brazil Francisco Ramos, PIMES/UFPE, Brazil F4.4. (107) EFFICIENCY OF PORTUGUESE RECYCLING SYSTEMS Pedro Simões, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Nuno Cruz, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Pedro Carvalho, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Rui Cunha Marques, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

Room F

17:00–18:00

Session A5: TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM W. COOPER A5.1 Lifetime of memories A5.2 Wiliam W. Cooper lifetime contribution award in Data Envelopment Analysis

19:30-23:00

GALA DINNER

Praia

Devassa

 TUESDAY,  AUGUST  28  

  12  

TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012

TIME

POSTER SESSION I

PESTANA ROOM

9:30-10:30

P1. (029) DATA ENVELOPMENT: ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICIENCY FRONTIER FOR THE RESULTS ACHIEVED BY FORMULA 1 DRIVERS AND TEAMS Aparecido Jorge Jubran, Universidade Nove de Julho, Brazil Laura Jubran, Universidade Nove de Julho, Brazil José Rubens Moura Martins, Universidade Nove de Julho, Brazil Jane Leite Silva, Universidade Nove de Julho, Brazil P2. (049) MEASURING ROADS MAINTENANCE EFFICIENCY THROUGH DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS: A CASE STUDY IN A BRAZILIAN PUBLIC INSTITUTION Gustavo Horta Palhares, CEPEAD/UFMG, Brazil Noel Torres Júnior, CEPEAD/UFMG, Brazil Antonio Carlos Rodrigues, CEPEAD/UFMG, Brazil P3. (101) BEST PRACTICE ANALYSIS OF THE BRAZILIAN BANKS BRANCHES: AN APPLICATION OF DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS Tamara D. Batista, UFMG, Brazil Elisa Z. Santos, UFMG, Brazil Ana Lucia Miranda Lopes, UFMG, Brazil Ronaldo Lamounier Locatelli, Fundação Pedro Leopoldo, Brazil P4. (114) DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS FOR PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT Ana Lucia Miranda Lopes, UFMG, Brazil Aline Mello de Paula, UFMG, Brazil Daniel Lopez, UFMG, Brazil P5. (117) PROPOSITION FOR A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION MODEL AND THE IMPACT OF THE ACCOUNTING CONVERGENCE ON COMPANIES’ PERFORMANCE: A STUDY THROUGH DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS Moacir Manoel Rodrigues Junior, FURB, Brazil Nelson Hein, FURB, Brazil Adriana Kroenke, FURB, Brazil

Foyer

   

 

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012

TIME SESSION PESTANA ROOM

8:00-9:30

Session A6:ECONOMIC ISSUES IN MODELLING

Chair: John Ruggiero, University of Dayton, United States A6.1. (016) TECHNOLOGICAL SUPERIORITY Jens Leth Hougaard, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Mette Asmild, University of Copenhagen, Denmark A6.2. (026) MEASUREMENT OF RETURNS TO SCALE IN THE NON-RADIAL DEA MODELS Vladimir Krivonozhko, MISIS, Russian Federation Finn Førsund, University of Oslo, Norway Andrey Lychev, ACRF, Russian Federation

A6.3. (012) A HOMOTHETIC REFERENCE TECHNOLOGY IN DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS Ole Bent Olesen, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

A6.4. (067) (ESTIMATING PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS USING DEA John Ruggiero, University of Dayton, USA

Room A

Session B6: ENERGY REGULATION IN BRAZIL Chair: Ana Lúcia Miranda Lopes, UFMG, Brazil

B6.1. (113) A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE BENCHMARKING MODEL PROPOSED BY THE BRAZILIAN ELECTRICITY REGULATOR FOR THE 3RD CYCLE (2011-2015) OF THE DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES TARIFF REVISION Giordano Matos, CEPEAD, UFMG, Brazil Marcelo Costa, UFMG, Brazil Ana Lúcia Lopes, CEPEAD, UFMG, Brazil Roberta de Cássia Macedo, CEPEAD, UFMG, Brazil

B6.2. (050) AIMING TARIFF MODICITY THROUGH NONEXISTENT PRODUCTIVITY GAINS: THE CASE OF TARIFF REVISION FOR PROCUREMENT COMPANIES IN THE BRAZILIAN ENERGY TRANSMISSION SECTOR Antonio Perrelli, CHESF, Brazil

B6.3. (097) THE EFFICIENCY OF BRAZILIAN ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTORS DURING 2003 – 2008. AN APPLICATION BY USING DEA CORRECTED BY ENVIRONMENTAL AND STOCHASTIC FACTORS Fernando Damonte, Quantum, Brazil Mariana de Santis, Quantum, Brazil

B6.4. (099) EMPIRICAL CONSIDERATION OF RETURNS TO SCALE IN INCENTIVE REGULATION Ana Lucia Miranda Lopes, UFMG, Brazil Rajiv Banker, Fox School of Business, United States.

Room B

 WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST  29  

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8:00-9:30

Session C6: PERFORMANCE STUDIES OF BRAZILIAN HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS Chair: Alexandre Marinho, IPEA, Brazil

C6.1. (053) EFFICIENCY OF THE BRAZILIAN’S STATES IN THE SYSTEM OF KIDNEY TRANSPLANT: AN ANALYSIS USING DEA AND MALMQUIST INDEX METHOD Cássia Kely Favoretto Costa, PPGE/UFRGS and PPGPS/CESUMAR, Brazil Giácomo Balbinotto Neto, PPGE/UFRGS and IATS/UFRGS, Brazil Luciano Menezes Bezerrra Sampaio, UFRN, Brazil

C6.2. (064) PERFORMANCE EVALUATION IN HOSPITALS: A STUDY ON HOSPITALS FINANCED BY THE BRAZILIAN UNIFIED HEALTH SYSTEM Antônio Artur de Souza, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil Mariana Guerra, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil Douglas Moreira, Université du Québec, Brazil Emerson Alves Da Silva, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil Bernardo Franco Tormin, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

C6.3. (088) INTEGRATION OF BSC, DEA AND GAME THEORY IN THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE Marco Aurélio Reis Dos Santos, UNESP, Brazil Fernando Augusto Silva Marins, UNESP, Brazil Valerio Antonio Pamplona Salomon, UNESP, Brazil

C6.4. (087) MULTIMETHODOLOGY APPLIED TO THE ASSESSMENT OF MUNICIPALITIES HEALTH PERFORMANCE IN BRAZIL Marcos Pereira Estellita Lins, COPPE/UFRJ, Brazil Sergio Orlando Antoun Netto, UERJ, Brazil

Room C ALGARV

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Session D6: HEALTH MANAGEMENT Chair: Erhan Berk, Science Management, Turkey

D6.1. (052) ESTIMATING EFFICIENCY FRONTIERS AND COUNTRY RANKINGS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS Alexandre Marinho, IPEA, Brazil Simone Cardoso, IPEA, Brazil Vívian Almeida, IPEA, Brazil

D6. 2. (024) FRACTIONAL REGRESSION MODELS TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF COVARIATES IN OUTPUT ORIENTED DEA MODELS Geraldo Souza, Embrapa, Brazil Eliane Gomes, Embrapa, Brazil D6.3. (018) DP DEA BRAZILIAN STATE OF ART Luiz Novaes, Caixa Econômica Federal, Brazil Andre Fraga, Avalsoft, Brazil Manoela Novaes, Avalsoft, Brazil D6.4. (115) EVALUATION OF THE EFFICIENCIES OF MEDICAL FACULTIES IN TURKEY USING DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS

Room D

 WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST  29  

  15  

Erhan Berk, Science Management, Turkey

8:00-9:30

Session E6: BEHAVIOUR AND DECISION MAKING Chair: Kostas Triantis, Virginia Tech, United States

E6.1. (037) BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF DEA ON PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT Heinz Ahn, TU Braunschweig, Germany Nadia Vazquez Novoa, TU Braunschweig, Germany E6.2. (111) AGGREGATION OF ACTIVITIES AND INPUTS IN DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS Endre Bjorndal, NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Norway Mette Bjorndal, NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Norway

E6.3. (047) COST EFFICIENCY WHEN PRICES ARE NOT FIXED: DISENTANGLING QUANTITY AND PRICE EFFICIENCY Emmanuel Thanassoulis, Aston University, United Kingdom Maria Portela, Catholic University, Portugal

E6.4. (032) IS A DECISION MAKING UNIT AN AGENT? Kostas Triantis, Virginia Tech, United States Fran Dougherty, Virginia Tech, United States Nathan Ambler, Virginia Tech, United States

Room E

8:00-9:30

Session F6: DEA IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Chair: Martha Ramirez, Universidad de La Frontera, Chile

F6.1. (009) THE PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY OF FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS OF BRAZILIAN HIGHER EDUCATION Edward Costa, UFRN, Brazil Francisco Ramos, UFPE, Brazil Hemino Souza, UFPE, Brazil

F6.2. (039) TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS USING DEA Rodrigo Meleu Das Neves, UFRGS, Brazil Denise Lindstrom Bandeira, UFRGS, Brazil Daniel Moraes Lermen, UERGS, Brazil

F6.3. (082) A NEW DEA MODEL FOR EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS Wade Cook, York University, Canada Sonia Aviles-Sacoto, ITESM, Mexico

F6.4. (081) EVALUATING THE EFFICIENCY OF UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS Pablo Muñoz, Universidad de La Frontera, Chile Martha Ramirez, Universidad de La Frontera, Chile Ana Moraga, Universidad de La Frontera, Chile

Room F

 WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST  29  

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9:30 - 10:00

COFEE BREAK

POSTER SESSION II

FOYER

10:00-11:30

PANEL SESSION B7

HEALTH CARE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT IN BRAZIL

Panelists

Maria Stella de Castro Lobo, UFRJ, Brazil Marcos Estellita Lins, COPPE, UFRJ, Brazil Alexandre Marinho, IPEAD, UERJ, Brazil

Room B

10:00-11:30

Session C7: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION Chair: Jens Leth Hougaard, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

C7.1. (065) AN EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF IT SOFTWARE PROJECTS Rajiv Banker, Fox School of Business, USA Marco Mendes, UFMG, Brazil Ana Lúcia Miranda Lopes, UFMG, Brazil

C7.2. (031) MEASURING FITNESS OF PROJECTS, PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES USING DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS Kostas Triantis, Virginia Tech, United States George Keller, Virginia Tech, United States

C7.3. (128) EFFICIENCY EVALUATION OF INOVA-RN’S INVESTMENTS IN MICRO AND SMALL BUSINESS: A THREE-STAGE APPROACH Bruna C. Silva, UFRN, Brazil Mariana R. Almeida, UFRN, Brazil Luís F. A. Oliveira, UFRN, Brazil

C7.4. (042) SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTIVITY MODELS Mette Asmild, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Jens Leth Hougaard, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Francisco Imperatore, EON, Germany

Room C

10:00-11:30

Session D7: NEW APPLICATIONS IN FINANCE Chair: Mahmut Karayel, Alta Bering Management Technology, USA

D7.1. (015) STATISTICAL INFERENCE AND EFFICIENT PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE Shibo Liu, Loughborough University, United Kingdom Karligash Glass, Loughborough University, United Kingdom Tom Weyman-Jones, Loughborough University, United Kingdom

D7.2. (058) PROPOSITION FOR A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION MODEL AND THE IMPACT OF THE ACCOUNTING CONVERGENCE ON COMPANIES’ PERFORMANCE: A STUDY THROUGH DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS

Room D

 WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST  29  

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Moacir Manoel Rodrigues Junior, FURB, Brazil Nelson Hein, FURB, Brazil Adriana Kroenke, FURB, Brazil

D7.3. (084) ON THE MEASUREMENT OF SOCIAL EFfiCIENCY IN MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS Lúcio Silva, UFPE, Brazil - Breno Sampaio, UFPE, Brazil D7.4. (112) TARGET SETTING AND VOLUME AT RISK: LESSONS LEARNED IN AN OPERATIONAL APPLICATION OF DEA Mahmut Karayel, Alta Bering Management Technology, USA Engin Kanal, Alta Bering Management Technology, Turkey Onur Bilgili, Alta Bering Management Technology, Turkey Levend Beriker, Alta Bering Management Technology, Canada

10:00-11:30

Session E7: LONG TERM EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS Chair: Gokulananda Patel, BIMTECH, India

E7.1. (069) EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS AND LONG RUN PERFORMANCE: A SEQUENTIAL MODEL FOR ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT Frederico de Carvalho, UFRJ, Brazil Marcelino José Jorge, IPEC - FIOCRUZ, Brazil Marina Filgueiras Jorge, INPI, Brazil E7.2. (048) DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS APPLIED TO THE BRAZILIAN PORT TERMINALS: CONTAINERIZED CARGOES Alexandra Cabral, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil Francisco Ramos, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil

E7.3. (075) RECONCEPTUALISING THE DEA BOOTSTRAP FOR IMPROVED ESTIMATIONS Panagiotis Zervopoulos, University of Ioannina / University of Western Greece, Greece Francisco Vargas, Universidad de Sonora, Mexico Gang Cheng, Peking University, China

E7.4. (072) ASSESSING PERFORMANCE OF ORGANIZED PHARMACY RETAIL STORES USING DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS Gokulananda Patel, BIMTECH, India Smriti Pande, BIMTECH, India

Room E

 

10:00-11:30

Session F7: NEW ECONOMIC APPROACHES TO ANALYZING ENERGY COMPANIES EFFICIENCY Chair: Mette Bjørndal, NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Norway

F7.1. (104) METHODS FOR STRUCTURAL AND BEHAVIORAL ROBUSTNESS IN APPLIED BEST-PRACTICE REGULATION Per Agrell, University of Louvain, Belgium Pooria Niknazar, University of Louvain, Belgium

F7.2. (008) A NEW APPROACH TO CROSS EFFICIENCY EVALUTION BASED ON MILP MODEL AND MEASUREMENT OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY Mehmet Guray Unsal, Gazi University, Turkey Hasan Bal, Gazi University, Turkey

Room F

 WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST  29  

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Hacı Hasan Orkcu, Gazi University, Turkey

F7.3. (001) A PROPOSAL FOR DISTRIBUTION OF OIL ROYALTIES INTRODUCING EFFICIENCY CRITERIA: A DEA APPROACH Lauro César Bezerra Nogueira - UFRN/UFPB Francisco de Souza Ramos – UFPE, Brazil.

F7.4. (110) CALIBRATING COST NORMS FOR ELECTRICITY NETWORKS BASED ON DEA EFFICIENCY ANALYSES Endre Bjørndal, NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Norway Mette Bjørndal, NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Norway Thore Johnsen, Norwegian School of Economics, Norway

11:30-12:30

SPECIAL SESSION:

CONTRIBUTIONS OF WILLIAN W. COOPER Chair: Lawrence M. Seiford, University of Michigan, USA

Panelists: Ali Emrouznejad, Aston University, UK Emmanuel Thanassoulis, Aston University, UK Finn Forsund, University of Oslo, Norway Joseph Paradi, , University of Toronto, Canada Ole Bent Olesen, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Rajiv Banker, Fox School of Business, United States Subhash Ray, University of Connecticut, United States

Room A

12:30-13:30 LUNCH – Tukuapu Restaurant Pestana

Hotel

13:30-19:00 CITY TOUR

   

 

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012

TIME

POSTER SESSION II

PESTANA ROOM

9:30-10:30

P6. (119) DECOMPOSITION OF NATIONAL AGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITY INTO REGIONAL PRODUCTIVITY: A CASE OF JAPANESE RICE SECTOR Katsunobu Kondo, Asahikawa University, Japan Jun Sasaki, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan Yasutaka Yamamoto, Hokkaido University, Japan P7. (120) EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF BRAZILIAN INVESTMENT FUNDS Darlan Moreira Pinheiro, UFMG, Brazil Mateus Carvalho,UFMG, Brazil Ana Lucia Lopes, UFMG, Brazil Bruno Perez Ferreira, UFMG, Brazil P8. (121) DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS APPLYED TO THE MEASUREMENT OF PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY OF ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES UNDER THE PERSPECTIVE OF ECONOMIC REGULATION IN BRAZIL Diego Dorneles Goulart, UNIPAMPA, Brazil Maurício Sperandio, UNIPAMPA, Brazil Daniel Pinheiro Bernardon, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil Uacauan Bonilha, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil P9. (122) DECENTRALIZATION AND PRODUCTIVITY OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE IN BRAZIL: 1996 TO 2007 Aléssio Almeida, UFPB, Brazil Carlos Gasparini, UFPB, Brazil P10. (074) TYPOLOGIES OF BEEF CATTLE PRODUCTION SYSTEM, THROUGH CROSS-EFFICIENCY EVALUATION Urbano Abreu, Embrapa, Brazil Eliane Gomes, Embrapa, Brazil João Mello, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil Thiago Carvalho, ESALQ-CEPEA, Brazil Sérgio de Zen, ESALQ-CEPEA, Brazil P11.(044) YIELD EFFICIENCY OF SUGARCANE FARMS Terezinha Bezerra Albino Oliveira, UFSC/UFAL, Brazil Paulo Mauricio Selig, UFSC, Brazil Antonio Cezar Bornia, UFSC, Brazil Suely De Fátima Ramos Silveira, UFV, Brazil Mauro Wagner Oliveira, UFAL, Brazil

Foyer

   

 

Thursday, August 30, 2012

TIME SESSION PESTANA

ROOM

8:00-9:30

Session A8: EFFICIENCY MODELLING Chair: Finn Forsund, University of Oslo, Norway A8.1. (022) ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT AND TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT WHEN SOME OR ALL PRICES ARE UNKNOWN Maria Portela, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

A8.2. (027) MEASUREMENT OF WELL-BEING AND PROGRESS USING THE DEA APPROACH Vladimir Krivonozhko, ACRF, MISIS, Russian Federation Alexander Piskunov, ACRF, Russian Federation Andrey Lychev, ACRF, Russian Federation A8.3. (103) ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY IN AN OLIGOPOLISTIC MARKET: AN EXAMPLE OF RATIONAL INEFFICIENCY Chia-Yen Lee, Texas A&M University, United States Andrew Johnson, Texas A&M University, United States A8.4. (043) MEASURING EFFICIENCY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR Finn Forsund, University of Oslo, Norway

Room A

Session B8: ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO HEALTH CARE EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS

Chair: Jos L.T. Blank, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands B8.1. (068) RISK-ADJUSTED MORTALITY, VARIETIES OF CONGESTION AND PATIENT SATISFACTION IN TURKISH PROVINCIAL GENERAL HOSPITALS Nurhan Davutyan, Marmara University, Turkey B8.2. (092) IS HIV/AIDS FUNDING STRENGTHENING THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM: A QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY IN RWANDA Jon Chilingerian, Brandeis University, United States Peter Amico, Brandeis University, United States B8.3. (126) NEW APPROACH TO ASSSESS PERFORMANCE OF THE BRAZILIAN NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM (NIP) Ivone Menegolla, OPAS/BR, Brazil Maria Stella Castro Lobo, UFRJ / HUCFF, Brazil Carla A S Domingues, MS/SVS/PNI, Brazil Samia Abdul Samad, MS/SVS/PNI, Brazil Marcos Pereira Estellita Lins, UFRJ / COPPE, Brazil

Room B

 THRUSDAY,  AUGUST  30  

  21  

   

B8.4. (021) ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND SCOPE IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE Janneke A. Wilschut, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Bart L. van Hulst, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Jos L.T. Blank, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

8:00-9:30

Session C8: MEASUREMENT OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY Chair: Hasan Bal, Gazi University, Turkey

C8.1. (080) A METHOD BASED ON SEMIPARAMETRIC DEA MODEL TO ASSESS WIND TURBINES EFFICIENCY Marcela C. González-Araya, Universidad de Talca, Chile Pía Castro, Universidad de Talca, Chile C8.2. (109) PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF BRAZILIAN WATER COMPANIES Thelma Harumi Ohira Rodini Luiz, IST-UTL, Brazil Rui Cunha Marques, IST-UTL, Portugal C8.3. (060) PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF WIND FARMS Clara Vaz, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal C8.4. (002) DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS-TYPE LINEAR AND GOAL PROGRAMMING MODELS FOR MEASURING ENERGY EFFICIENCY PERFORMANCE OF OECD COUNTRIES Hasan Bal, Gazi University, Turkey Mehmet Güray Ünsal, Gazi University, Turkey

Room C

 THRUSDAY,  AUGUST  30  

  22  

8:00-9:30

E8: HEALTH PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT Chair: Timothy Huerta, Texas Tech University, United States

E8.1. (041) FDH MODELS AND TIERED FDH MODELS FOR BENCHMARKING AND GRADUAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR DMUS Lidia Angulo Meza, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil Vanderson Silveira, Petrobras, Brazil E8.2. (013) TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF BURKINA FASO PRIMARY HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS Oumarou Hebie, IERPE, Burkina Faso Simon Tiendrebeogo, IRSS, Burkina Faso Séni Kouanda, IRSS, Burkina Faso Abdel Latef Anouze, American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon E8.3. (055) PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF RESOURCES ALLOCATION IN PRIMARY CARE: THE CASE OF BRAZILIAN’S SOUTHEASTERN CITIES Lucas Maia dos Santos, UFMG, Brazil Márcio Augusto Gonçalves, UFMG, Brazil Márcia Alemão, UFMG, Brazil Marco Aurélio Marques Ferreira, Universidade Federal de Viçosa Lucas Campos Vaz, UFMG, Brazil Heloísa Azevedo Drummond, UFMG, Brazil E8.4. (071) MANDATORY INSURANCE COVERAGE AND HOSPITAL PRODUCTIVITY IN MASSACHUSETTS: BENDING THE CURVE? Timothy Huerta, Texas Tech University, United States Eric Ford, UNCG, United States

Room E

9:30-10:00 COFFEE BREAK

10:30-11:30

Session 9: PANEL - OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

Chair: Rajiv Banker, Fox School of Business, United States Panelists: Subhash Ray, University of Connecticut, United States Maria Portela, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal John Ruggiero, University of Dayton, United States Ole Bent Olesen, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

ROOM A

11:30-12:30 CLOSING CEREMONY Room A

12:30-14:30 LUNCH – Tukuapu Restaurant Pestana

14:30-18:00 OPTIONAL TOUR – Maragogi Dunes