Board structure and firm technical efficiency: Evidence from Canadian state-owned enterprises

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1734-1750

  Bozec, Richard ^a   Dia, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Corporate governance; Data envelopment analysis; State owned enterprises; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MARKETING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

BOARD OF DIRECTORS; CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 33750732600     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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