An efficiency study of airlines and air cargo/passenger divisions: A DEA approach

World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 137-149

  Hong, Seockjin ^a   Zhang, Anming ^b  

^a KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air freight; Airlines; Data envelopment analysis; DEA; Efficiency; Non parametric test

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951273518     PISSN: 17494729     EISSN: 17494737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/WRITR.2010.031584     Document Type: Article

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