Efficiency measurement for network systems: IT impact on firm performance

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 437-446

  Kao, Chiang ^a   Hwang, Shiuh Nan ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Banking; Data envelopment analysis; Information technology

Indexed keywords

BANKING; BANKING INDUSTRY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FIRM PERFORMANCE; GENERATION PROCESS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; IT BUDGETS; IT IMPACT; NETWORK DEA MODEL; NETWORK SYSTEMS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DATA HANDLING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PROFITABILITY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 72249118159     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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