The efficiency of container terminals in mainland China: An application of DEA approach

2008 International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, WiCOM 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Liu, Bing Lian ^a   Liu, Wei Lin ^a   Cheng, Ping ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Container terminals; Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Efficiency; Ports

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CONTAINERS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; MOBILE COMPUTING; PORTS AND HARBORS; RAILROAD YARDS AND TERMINALS; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CONTAINER TERMINALS; DEA MODELS; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; JOINT VENTURES; PORTS; SHIPPING LINES; SHIPPING MARKETS; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCIES;

PORT TERMINALS;

EID: 58049115415     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WiCom.2008.1479     Document Type: Conference Paper

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