Ecommerce and hotel performance: Three-stage DEA analysis

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 529-540

  Shang, Jui Kou ^a   Hung, Wei Ting ^b   Lo, Chang Fang ^a   Wang, Fei Ching ^a  

^a JINWEN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b VANUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ecommerce; International tourist hotel; Performance; Three stage DEA procedure

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; E-COMMERCE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; SERVICE SECTOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 47349090799     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060801917679     Document Type: Article

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