Productive efficiency in the ivorian manufacturing sector: An exploratory study using a data envelopment analysis approach

Developing Economies

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 450-471

  Chapelle, Karine ^a   Plane, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU HAVRE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

C te d'Ivoire; Manufacturing sector; Non parametric frontier; Productivity; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTION COST; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 29944437966     PISSN: 00121533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1049.2005.tb00954.x     Document Type: Article

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