Capturing the environment, a metafrontier approach to the drinking water sector

International Transactions in Operational Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-271

  De Witte, Kristof ^a   Marques, Rui C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Efficiency measurement; Environmental variables; Free disposal hull; Metafrontier; Water industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952289226     PISSN: 09696016     EISSN: 14753995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3995.2009.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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