Is there a Trade-Off between Quality and Productivity? The Case of Diagnostic Technologies in Portugal

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 107, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 101-116

  Dismuke, Clara E ^a   Sena, Vania ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DEA; Diagnostic technologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035561095     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014946914816     Document Type: Article

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