Hotel labor productivity assessment: A data envelopment analysis

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 27-86

  Cai, Liping A ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Hotel; Labor productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846900336     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v16n02_03     Document Type: Article

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