Retail productivity and scale economies at the firm level: A DEA approach

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Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 75-82

  Keh, Hean Tat ^a   Chu, Singfat ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

DEA; Distribution services; Productivity; Retailing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037399294     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0483(02)00097-X     Document Type: Article

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