Faculty & Staff
Daniel G. Shimshak, PhD
- Professor of Management Science
- Telephone: 617-287-7891
- Email: daniel.shimshak@umb.edu
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100 Morrissey Blvd. Office Location: M-5-248
Areas of Expertise
Performance Evaluation, Quality Efficiency, Health Care Systems
Degrees
PhD, The City University of New York
MBA, Baruch College
MEng, Stevens Institute of Technology
BEng, Stevens Institute of Technology
Professional Publications & Contributions
- “Incorporating Quality into Data Envelopment Analysis of Nursing Home Performance” (with M.L. Lenard), OMEGA, Vol. 37, No. 3, June 2009, pp. 672-685.
- “Benchmarking Nursing Home Performance at the State Level” (with M.L. Lenard), Health Services Management Research, Vol. 22, No. 2, May 2009, pp. 51-61.
- “A Two-Model Approach to Measuring Operating and Quality Efficiency with DEA” (with M.L. Lenard), INFOR, Vol. 45, No. 3, 2008, pp. 143-151.
- “A New Approach to Benchmarking” (with M.L. Lenard), Provider Magazine, Vol. 32, No. 10, October 2006, pp. 87-88.
- “Stepwise Selection of Variables in Data Envelopment Analysis: Procedures and Managerial Perspectives” (with J.M. Wagner), forthcoming in European Journal of Operational Research.
Additional Information
Background
Daniel Shimshak’s publications have appeared in European Journal of Operational Research; Socio-Economic Planning Sciences; OMEGA, The International Journal of Management Science; IIE Transactions; Journal of the Operational Research Society; Naval Research Logistics Quarterly; International Journal of Production Research; INFOR; Computers & Industrial Engineering; Applications of Management Science; Health Care Management Review; CRANIO, The Journal of Craniomandibular Practice; and Health Services Management Research.
Courses Taught
Statistics, Operations Management, Managerial Decision Making, Quality Management, Decision Support Systems and Simulation.