Hotel efficiency: A bootstrapped metafrontier approach

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 468-475

  Assaf, A ^a   Barros, C P ^b,c   Josiassen, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UECE Research Unit on Complexity and Economics   (Portugal)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Metafrontier; Taiwanese hotels

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951938112     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2009.10.020     Document Type: Article

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