Revenue-based capacity utilisation measures and decomposition: The case of Danish North Sea trawlers

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 215-227

  Lindebo, Erik ^a   Hoff, Ayoe ^a   Vestergaard, Niels ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Economic capacity; Fisheries; Revenue gain

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION THEORY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FISHERIES; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY;

CAPACITY MEASUREMENT; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC CAPACITY; ECONOMIC MEASURES; REVENUE GAIN;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33846445259     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.03.050     Document Type: Article

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