Using GRA and DEA to compare efficiency of bancassurance sales with an insurer's own team

Journal of Grey System

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 395-406

  Fan, Chiang Ku ^a   Cheng, Shu Wen ^a   Wu, Cheng Ru ^b  

^a SHIH CHIEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bancassurance; Data envelopment analysis (dea); Efficiency; Grey relational analysis (gra)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952713758     PISSN: 09573720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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