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.

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观众的成功还是为艺术而艺术？美国舞蹈公司的效率评估

我们的目的是评估美国舞蹈公司的表现，考虑到制作过程可以细分为连续的阶段，包括筹款，艺术作品和社会影响。应用了一个三阶段的网络数据包络分析模型，该模型以中间输入/输出的形式考虑了阶段之间的联系，并提供了整体效率指标以及阶段中的部分性能指标。鉴于缺少某些变量的信息，我们之前进行了一个根据MICE（链式方程的多次插值）程序插值缺失值的过程。结果表明，在文化创造阶段可以达到最高效率，而最低效率则对应于社会影响，表明舞蹈公司在其文化节目中追求艺术上的卓越，无论其活动的商业成果如何。此外，公共和私人资金被视为遵循该准则的渠道，从而证明了这些实体的非营利地位。