The tale of two research communities: The diffusion of research on productive efficiency

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-40

  Førsund, Finn R ^a   Sarafoglou, Nikias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bibliometry; Data envelopment analysis; DEA; Farrell efficiency measures

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DIFFUSION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

BIBLIOMETRY; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DEA; FARRELL EFFICIENCY MEASURES;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 23144456417     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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