Industry performance and structural efficiency measures: Solutions to problems in firm models

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 164-174

  Ylvinger, Svante ^a  

^a DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DATA REDUCTION; EFFICIENCY; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); ECONOMIC-EFFICIENCY ESTIMATES; FIRM MODELS; NON-PARAMETRIC METHODS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0342647390     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00014-4     Document Type: Article

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