Inter-Firm and Intra-Firm Efficiency Measures

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 185-199

  Lansink, Alfons Oude ^a   Silva, Elvira ^b   Stefanou, Spiro ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Faculty of Economics of Porto   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized Maximum Entropy; Inter firm catch up; Inter firm efficiency; Intra firm efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041783736     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011124308349     Document Type: Article

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