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Table 9 Abbreviations of DEA-related terms and their expositions

From: Operational and investment efficiency of investment trust companies: Do foreign firms outperform domestic firms?

Variables

Expositions

ITC

Investment trust companies

DDF

Directional distance function

DEA

Data envelopment analysis

DMU

Decision-making unit

MOE

Metafrontier operational efficiency

GOE

Group-specific operational efficiency

MIE

Metafrontier investment efficiency

GIE

Group-specific investment efficiency

OTGR

Operational technology gap ratio

ITGR

Investment technology gap ratio

OTGI

Operational technology gap inefficiency of the operational stage

OTI

Operational technical inefficiency of the operational stage

ITGI

Investment technology gap inefficiency of the investment stage

ITI

Investment technical inefficiency of the investment stage