Portela, MariaBorges, Pedro CastroThanassoulis, Emmanuel2011-06-292011-06-292002PORTELA, Maria; BORGES, Pedro Castro; THANASSOULIS, Emmanuel -Efficient and close targets in data envelopment analysis (DEA). In International dea Symposium 2002, Moscow, Russia, 24-26 June, 2002. – In [Proceedings of the] Efficiency and Productivity Analysis in the 21st Century: International DEA Symposium 2002. p. 26-32http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/4602This paper draws attention for the fact that traditional Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) models do not provide the closest possible targets (or peers) to inefficient units, and presents a procedure to obtain such targets. It focuses on non-oriented efficiency measures both measured in relation to a Free Disposal Hull (FDH) technology and in relation to a convex technology. The approaches developed for finding close targets are applied to a sample of Portuguese bank branches.engconference object