A DEA approach to understanding the productivity growth of Malaysia's manufacturing industries

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 587-600

  Mahadevan, Renuka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Scale efficiency; Technical change; Technical efficiency; Total factor productivity growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 17944362950     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020577811369     Document Type: Article

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