Efficiency analysis accounting for internal and external non-discretionary factors

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1591-1601

  Camanho, A S ^a   Portela, M C ^b   Vaz, C B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b CBQF CENTRO DE BIOTECNOLOGIA E QUÍMICA FINA LABORATÓRIO ASSOCIADO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Non discretionary factors; Retailing

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY;

DECISION MAKING UNIT; EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY ASSESSMENT; EFFICIENT FRONTIER; EXTERNAL CONDITIONS; NON-DISCRETIONARY FACTORS; NON-DISCRETIONARY VARIABLES; RETAILING;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

EID: 55749102848     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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