Accounting for operating environments in measuring water utilities' managerial efficiency

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 761-773

  Picazo Tadeo, Andrés J ^a   González Gómez, Francisco ^b   Sáez Fernández, Francisco J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Input specific technical efficiency; Operating environments; Water utilities

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; WATER DEMAND; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 62749196845     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060802190300     Document Type: Article

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