Measuring strategic decision making efficiency in different country contexts: A comparison of British and Turkish firms

Omega

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 95-104

  Demirbag, Mehmet ^a   Tatoglu, Ekrem ^b   Glaister, Keith W ^a   Zaim, Selim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Britain; Data envelopment analysis; Strategic decision making; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549121756     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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