关键词: 城市水务企业, 企业类型, 绩效评价, DEA模型

Abstract: The deepening of urbanization and the aggravation of environmental pollution in China, render it all the more urgent to evaluate and improve business performance of urban water enterprises scientifically. So, this paper selects 12 representative urban water enterprises from the aspects of their regional distribution, quantitative distribution and comprehensive strength based on enterprise types by using DEA model to evaluate their business performance from 2012 to 2014. Results show that the overall efficiency of the sample water enterprises is not high,in which business performance of 6 enterprises achieves the optimal; 5 enterprises with pure technology efficiency and scale efficiency invalid exist at the same time; the remaining 1 enterprise is of valid pure technology efficiency and invalid scale efficiency. In addition, there exist gaps in business performance of different urban water enterprises, and private enterprises’ performance is superior to that of state-owned enterprises. To improve business performance of water enterprises, this paper makes the following policy recommendations: state-owned enterprises need to strengthen technology research and improve the efficiency of management, while private enterprises should expand the market actively, and both ought to establish the community of common interests.

Key words: urban water enterprises, enterprise types, performance evaluation, DEA model