Strategic groups based on marginal rates: An application to the Spanish banking industry

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 293-314

  Prior, Diego ^a   Surroca, Jordi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION   (Spain)

Author keywords

Banking; Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); DEA weights; Marginal rates; Strategic groups

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FINANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BANKING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); DEA WEIGHTS; MARGINAL RATES; STRATEGIC GROUPS (SG);

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 25844449064     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.07.043     Document Type: Article

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