Replication data for the paper 'Outsourcing of research and development and efficiency: a DEA non-parametric analysis of the contract research organisations industry' by Díaz and Sanchez-Robles (2023). The dataset was harvested from e-cienciaDatos and last updated on October 14, 2025.
Use Cases
- Conducting Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) on CRO efficiency based on the paper's methodology.
- Analyzing the relationship between R&D outsourcing and organizational performance.
- Benchmarking efficiency metrics within the contract research organization industry.
Strengths
- Data is directly linked to a peer-reviewed publication in Economic research-Ekonomska istraživanja.
- Last update timestamp is recent (2025-10-14 21:27:21).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- e-cienciaDatos Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Data analyzed in the referenced academic paper.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2025-10-14 21:27:21; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
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