An alternative approach to efficiency measurement of seaports

Maritime Economics and Logistics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-69

  Park, Ro Kyung ^a   De Prabir, P ^b  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

^b India Habitat Centre   (India)

Author keywords

DEA; Efficiency; Marketability; Productivity; Profitability; Seaport

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842485072     PISSN: 14792931     EISSN: 1479294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.mel.9100094     Document Type: Article

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