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A Mathematical Programming Approach to Brand Efficiency of Smartphones in the US Market

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  • Shiu-Wan Hung
  • Han-Chung Chou
  • Wen-Min Lu
  • Shi-Xiao Wang

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This study applied mathematical programming approach to investigate the brand efficiency of smartphone brands by collecting data of 2013–2015 from Consumer Report . The brand efficiency was completed by employing the slack-based measure in data envelopment analysis. The degree of inefficiency of each brand was evaluated, and each brand’s metatechnology ratio was calculated using the metafrontier concept. The results revealed that the sampled smartphone brands reach the highest average brand efficiency in 2013, where Apple exhibited the highest brand efficiency among the sampled brands. The high brand efficiency in 2013 was attributed to the small number of product types at beginning of the growth period of smartphones. Finally, this study examined the efficiency of smartphone brands among four major telecommunications operators in the United States. It was found that Apple demonstrated the highest efficiency with all four operators, while no significant difference was noted among operators and smartphone brands.

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  • Shiu-Wan Hung & Han-Chung Chou & Wen-Min Lu & Shi-Xiao Wang, 2017. "A Mathematical Programming Approach to Brand Efficiency of Smartphones in the US Market," Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Hindawi, vol. 2017, pages 1-11, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:hin:jnlmpe:6386370
    DOI: 10.1155/2017/6386370
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