DEA Malmquist productivity measure: New insights with an application to computer industry

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 239-249

  Chen, Yao ^a   Ali, Agha Iqbal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer industry; Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Malmquist; Productivity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; FUNCTIONS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COMPUTER INDUSTRY; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; MALMQUIST; PRODUCTIVITY INDEX;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 2942642311     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(03)00406-5     Document Type: Article

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