DEA and the management of the product cycle: The U.S. computer industry

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 341-356

  Thore, Sten ^a   Phillips, Fred ^a   Ruefli, T W ^a   Yue, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTERS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMPUTER INDUSTRY; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; INVESTMENT; MARKET CAPITALIZATION; PRODUCT CYCLE; PROFITS; SALES REVENUES;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0030129922     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0548(95)00043-7     Document Type: Article

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