Towards a General Managerial Framework for Performance Measurement: A Comprehensive Highway Maintenance Application

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-149

  Rouse, Paul ^a   Putterill, Martin ^a   Ryan, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Data Envelopment Analysis; Environmental factors; Highway maintenance; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001175898     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007743606303     Document Type: Article

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