Efficiency of banks in a developing economy: The case of India

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 662-671

  Sathye, Milind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bank efficiency; DEA analysis; Indian banks

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ECONOMICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; PRODUCTIVITY;

BANK EFFICIENCY;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0037411879     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00471-X     Document Type: Article

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