Plural form chain and efficiency: Insights from the French hotel chains and the DEA methodology

European Management Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 268-280

  Perrigot, Rozenn ^a   Cliquet, Gérard ^a   Piot Lepetit, Isabelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Franchising; Hotel industry; Plural form; Scale efficiency; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349117089     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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