Evaluating profitability and marketability of Taiwan's IC fabless firms: An DEA approach

Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 851-857

  Lu, Wen Min ^a   Hung, Shiu Wan ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; IC fables; Marketability; Profitability

Indexed keywords

FABLESS; IC DESIGNS; IC FABLES; NEW APPROACHES; OPERATING PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE MODEL; TWO-STAGE PRODUCTION;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PROFITABILITY;

DATA HANDLING;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROFITABILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY;

TAIWAN;

EID: 72949119095     PISSN: 00224456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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