Trends in the efficiency of Singapore's commercial banking groups: A non-stochastic frontier DEA window analysis approach

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-136

  Sufian, Fadzlan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Banking; Banks; Process efficiency; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846320844     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410400710722626     Document Type: Article

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