Technical and cost efficiencies as determinants of business failures of small firms: The case of Slovenia

Eastern European Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-62

  Pušnik, Ksenja ^a   Tajnikar, Maks ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FIRM SIZE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 41549122976     PISSN: 00128775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/EEE0012-8775460103     Document Type: Article

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