Productivity and efficiency analysis of Taiwan's integrated circuit industry

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 715-730

  Wu, Desheng Dash ^a   Ho, Chien Ta Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Integrated circuits; Productivity rate; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148999380     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410400710833010     Document Type: Article

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