Resource allocation within academic units: DEA and goal programming approach with an application to an Arabian Gulf university

Benchmarking

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 202-210

  Dharmapala, P Sunil ^a   Saber, Hussein M ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b ABU DHABI UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Academic staff; Arabian Peninsula; Benchmarking; Data analysis; Pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047101011     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770710740396     Document Type: Article

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