Total factor productivity growth: Indian ports in the Era of globalisation

Maritime Economics and Logistics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 366-386

  De, Prabir ^a  

^a India Habitat Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Globalisation; Labour productivity; Ports; Technology; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845631237     PISSN: 14792931     EISSN: 1479294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.mel.9100164     Document Type: Article

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