Evaluating financial performance of Taiwan container shipping companies by strength and weakness indices

International Journal of Computer Mathematics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-52

  Wang, Yu Jie ^a,b   Lee, Hsuan Shih ^b  

^a LAN YANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL PENGHU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Container shipping; Financial performance; Grey relation analysis; Strength index; Weakness index

Indexed keywords

CONTAINER SHIPPINGS; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; GREY RELATION ANALYSIS; STRENGTH INDEXES; WEAKNESS INDEX;

CONTAINERS; INDUSTRY; SHIPS;

FINANCE;

EID: 74949103744     PISSN: 00207160     EISSN: 10290265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00405000701489412     Document Type: Article

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