Production efficiency and size in Norwegian sawmilling

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 566-575

  Nyrud, Anders Q ^a   Bergseng, Even R ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Scale efficiency; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAWMILLS;

PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY;

FORESTRY;

EID: 0036950058     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827580260417224     Document Type: Article

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