Technical efficiency, technical change and demand for skills in Malaysian food-based industry

European Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 504-515

  Ismail, Rahmah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Demand for skills; Food based industry; Technical change; Technical efficiency change; Total factor productivity growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349625597     PISSN: 14502267     EISSN: 14502267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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