Developing a decomposable measure of profit efficiency using DEA

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 481-490

  Portela, M C A S ^a,b   Thanassoulis, E ^b  

^a CBQF CENTRO DE BIOTECNOLOGIA E QUÍMICA FINA LABORATÓRIO ASSOCIADO   (Portugal)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Decomposition; Profit efficiency

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; GEOMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ALLOCATIVE COMPONENTS; GEOMETRIC DISTANCE FUNCTION (GDF); ORGANIZATIONS EFFICIENCY; PROFIT EFFICIENCY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 33947365110     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602166     Document Type: Article

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