Operations, quality, and profitability in the provision of banking services

Management Science

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1221-1238

  Soteriou, Andreas ^a   Zenios, Stavros A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BANKING SERVICES; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); PROFITABILITY;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033362990     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.45.9.1221     Document Type: Article

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