Benchmarking the operating efficiency of Asia container ports

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 706-713

  Hung, Shiu Wan ^a   Lu, Wen Min ^b   Wang, Tung Pao ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asian container ports; Bootstrap method; Data envelopment analysis; Scale efficient targets

Indexed keywords

ASIAN CONTAINER PORTS; BOOTSTRAP METHOD; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CONTAINER PORTS; DEA MODELS; EFFICIENCY RANKINGS; OPERATING EFFICIENCY; OPERATING PERFORMANCE; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; RETURNS TO SCALE; SCALE EFFICIENT TARGETS; SCALE SIZES;

COMPETITION; CONTAINERS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TARGETS;

PORTS AND HARBORS;

EID: 70449525552     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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