Assessing academic department efficiency at a public university

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 385-397

  Moreno, Abel A ^a   Tadepalli, Raghu ^b  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 26444568362     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1075     Document Type: Article

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