Malmquist productivity index of the manufacturing sector in Canada from 1994 to 2002, with a focus on the wood manufacturing sector

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 424-433

  Sowlati, Taraneh ^a   Vahid, Saba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Productivity change; Wood industry

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; PRODUCTIVITY; WOOD PRODUCTS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; PRODUCTIVITY CHANGES; PRODUCTIVITY INDEXES; WOOD INDUSTRY;

FORESTRY;

DECAY; FORESTRY; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCTIVITY; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 33750383256     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827580600917304     Document Type: Article

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