Measuring the efficiency of British universities: A multi-period data envelopment analysis

Education Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 231-249

  Flegg, A T ^a   Allen, D O ^a   Field, K ^a   Thurlow, T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 5444231183     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0904529042000258590     Document Type: Article

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