Incorporating the Operating Environment into a Nonparametric Measure of Technical Efficiency

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 249-267

  Fried, Harold O ^a   Schmidt, Shelton S ^a   Yaisawarng, Suthathip ^a  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite managerial efficiency; External operating environment; Nonparametric linear programming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033448771     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007800306752     Document Type: Article

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