Intra- and inter-country bank branch assessment using DEA

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-136

  McEachern, Denise ^a   Paradi, Joseph C ^b  

^a CIBC Process Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bank branch efficiency; DEA; Inter country benchmarking; Productivity and profitability; Profitability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847373762     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-006-0029-z     Document Type: Article

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