The comparative productivity efficiency of Taiwan's integrated circuits packaging/testing firms

INFOR

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 189-198

  Hung, Shiu Wan ^a   Lu, Wen Min ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Benchmark; Efficiency; Integrated circuits; Packaging testing firms

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARK; BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; EFFICIENCY MEASURES; EFFICIENCY MODELS; EFFICIENCY RATINGS; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; KEY ELEMENTS; MARKET POSITIONS; MULTIPLE OUTPUTS; OPERATING EFFICIENCIES; PACKAGING/TESTING FIRMS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 65349104035     PISSN: 03155986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/infor.46.3.189     Document Type: Article

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