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General
Emmanuel Thanassoulis is Professor in Management Sciences at Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, UK. He has an extensive research track record, applications and teaching experience in comparative-efficiency assessment methods, especially those based on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). He has over 70 refereed academic publications in the area. He has also authored Introduction to the Theory and Application of Data Envelopment Analysis: A foundation text with integrated software. (2001, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston), and more recently Thanassoulis et al. (2008) DEA – The Mathematical Programming Approach to Efficiency Analysis, in The Measurement of Productive Efficiency and Productivity Growth, (Hal Fried, Knox Lovell and Shelton Schmidt editors, Oxford University Press).
He has developed DEA Software and has acted as consultant on DEA to a variety of organisations, including The Department for Education and Skills, The Department for Communities and Local Government, the Home Office, HM Treasury, the Audit Commission, OFWAT, Transco and Severn Trent Water. He runs bespoke training courses on the methods of efficiency and productivity analysis. He has acted for many years as Joint Editor of the Journal of Productivity Analysis and is on the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Operational Research, both key journals for learned publications in the field of efficiency and productivity analysis.
Teaching Activity
The main subject areas I have taught are:
- Linear programming - Data Envelopment Analysis
- Project Scheduling - Non-linear optimisation methods
- Dynamic programming - Multi-objective programming methods
- Statistics
- BNM1 (PG) Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Management
- BNM4 (PG) Data Envelopment Analysis
- BNM5 (PG) Application of comparative performance measurement methods
- BNM701 (PG) Operational Research Methods
Employment
- 1999- Professor in Management Sciences, Aston Business School, University of Aston, Birmingham.
- 1996 - 1999 Senior Lecturer in Operational Research, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry
- 1977 - 1996 Lecturer in Operational Research, Warwick University as above.
Qualifications
- 1984 University of Warwick, PhD. Research area: Operational Research.
- 1975 University of Warwick, MSc in "Management Science and Operational Research".
- 1973 Sussex University, BSc in "Engineering with Operational Research", 1st Class Honours.
Responsibilities
Research Convenor Department of Operations & Information Management Group
Contact Details
Email:e.thanassoulis@aston.ac.uk
Phone: +44(0)121 204 3254
Room: ABS264
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Warwick
Award Date: 1 Apr 1984
MSc, University of Warwick
Award Date: 1 Apr 1975
University of Sussex
Award Date: 1 Jul 1973
External positions
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Microbiology, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham B4 6NH
1 Feb 2016 → …Keywords
- H Social Sciences (General)
- Benchmarking, Data Envelopment Analysis, Operational Research
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Research Output
Preface: International conference on data envelopment analysis—DEA40, 16–18 April 2018
Thanassoulis, E., Silva, M. C. A. & Podinovski, V. V., 1 May 2020, In : Annals of Operations Research. 288, 2, p. 525-528 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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A Frontier-based System of Incentives for Units in Organisations with Varying Degrees of Decentralisation
Afsharian, M., Ahn, H. & Thanassoulis, E., 16 May 2019, In : European Journal of Operational Research. 275, 1, p. 224-237 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
A Method for Identifying Cost-Efficient Practices in the Treatment of Thoracic Empyema
Thanassoulis, E., Takamura-Tweedy, A., Patel, M. & Rao, S., 16 Dec 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : British Journal of Health Care Management.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Assessing the cost-effectiveness of university academic recruitment and promotion policies
Thanassoulis, E., Sotiros, D., Koronakos, G. & Despotis, D., 16 Jan 2018, In : European Journal of Operational Research. 264, 2, p. 742-755Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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Profit change and its drivers in the English and Welsh water industry: Is output quality important?
Maziotis, A., Saal, D. S., Thanassoulis, E. & Molinos-Senante, M., 1 Oct 2018, In : Water Policy. 20, 5, p. 995-1012 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Thesis
Evaluating productive efficiency: comparative study of commercial banks in Gulf countries
Author: Anouze, A., 2010Supervisor: Emrouznejad, A. (Supervisor) & Thanassoulis, E. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Innovation, networking and globalisation: the role of regional innovation systems in the global innovation processes
Author: Redi, N., 24 Jun 2014Supervisor: Gholami, R. (Supervisor) & Thanassoulis, E. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Measurement of hospital performance
Author: O'Callaghan, G., Nov 2011Supervisor: West, M. A. (Supervisor), Thanassoulis, E. (Supervisor), Scully, J. W. (Supervisor) & Dawson, J. F. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Business Administration
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Measuring the contribution of unpaid overtime in the gross value added of UK industries: an assessment using data envelopment analysis and statistical methods
Author: Papagiannaki, E., 18 Mar 2019Supervisor: Thanassoulis, E. (Supervisor) & Giraleas, D. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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New insights on measuring bank branches efficiency through DEA: transactional, operational, and profit assessments
Author: Silva Portela, M. C., 2003Supervisor: Thanassoulis, E. (Supervisor), Simpson, G. (Supervisor) & Alves, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Activities
Water Services Regulation Authority (External organisation)
Emmanuel Thanassoulis (Member)2010
Activity: Membership types › Membership of network
Training and Research for Warwickshire PCT. CED.
Emmanuel Thanassoulis (Advisor)2010 → 2011
Activity: Other activity types › Types of Business and Community - Other
Advice on the use of efficiency and productivity assessment methods. OXERA.
Emmanuel Thanassoulis (Advisor)2010 → 2011
Activity: Other activity types › Types of Business and Community - Other
Water Services Regulation Authority (External organisation)
Emmanuel Thanassoulis (Member)Oct 2009 → Dec 2012
Activity: Membership types › Membership of network
External Examiner, University of Cambridge
Emmanuel Thanassoulis (Examiner)2009
Activity: Examination types › Examination