Technical efficiency of African hotels

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 438-447

  Pestana Barros, Carlos ^a   Dieke, Peter U C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angola; Bootstrap; DEA; Efficiency; Hotels; Luanda

Indexed keywords

EID: 43849083050     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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