Data envelopment analysis

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 91-108

  Wöber, Karl W ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Tourism research

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548538353     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v21n04_07     Document Type: Article

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