On the Technically Efficient Organization of an Industry: A Study of U.S. Airlines

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-18

  Ray, Subhash C ^a   Hu, Xiaowen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Industry restructuring; Integer programming; Size efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031505279     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007751413007     Document Type: Article

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