Productivity in hotels: A stepwise data envelopment analysis of hotels' rooms division processes

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-81

  Sigala, Marianna ^a   Jones, Peter ^b   Lockwood, Andrew ^b   Airey, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; LEISURE INDUSTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; SERVICE SECTOR;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 12844272856     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0264206042000302414     Document Type: Article

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