An empirical analysis of productivity growth in a Portuguese retail chain using Malmquist productivity index

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 269-278

  Barros, Carlos Pestana ^a   Alves, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chain retailing; Malmquist index; Productivity change

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; INDEX METHOD; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; RETAILING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 3042561596     PISSN: 09696989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-6989(03)00053-5     Document Type: Article

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