RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Audience success or art for art's sake ? Efficiency evaluation of dance companies in the United States A1 Barrio Tellado, María José del A1 Herrero Prieto, Luis César A1 Murray, Clare K1 Entidades no lucrativas K1 Data Envelopment Analysis K1 Eficiencia K1 Dance companies AB Our aim is to evaluate the performance of American dance companies, considering that the production process may be subdivided into consecutive stages consisting of fundraising, artistic production, and social impact. A three‐stage network‐Data Envelopment Analysis model is applied which takes account of the links between stages in the form of intermediate inputs/outputs and provides an overall indicator of efficiency together with partial performance indicators in the stages. Given the lack of information for some variables, we previously undertook a process to impute missing values following MICE (multiple imputation by chained equations) procedures. Results show that the highest levels of efficiency are achieved during the cultural creation stage, whereas the lowest correspond to social impact, indicating that dance companies pursue artistic excellence in their cultural programming, irrespective of their activity's commercial outcomes. Moreover, public and private funds are seen to be channeled following this guideline, thereby justifying the non‐profit status of these entities. PB Wiley SN 1048-6682 YR 2020 FD 2020 LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/42935 UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/42935 LA spa NO del Barrio‐Tellado, MJ, Herrero‐Prieto, LC, Murray, C. Audience success or art for art's sake? Efficiency evaluation of dance companies in the United States. Nonprofit Management and Leadership. 2020; 31: 129– 152. https://doi.org/10.1002/nml.21411 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 19-mar-2024