Privatization of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone: Was it a good policy decision?

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-61

  Sueyoshi, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Privatization; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION THEORY; EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PRODUCTIVITY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); PRIVATIZATION;

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

EID: 0032074876     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(96)00366-9     Document Type: Article

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