A performance evaluation model for international tourist hotels in Taiwan-An application of the relational network DEA

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-24

  Hsieh, Ling Feng ^a   Lin, Li Hung ^a  

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Efficiency; International tourist hotels (ITHs); Relational network data envelopment analysis (relational network DEA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 71549148377     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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