Heterogeneous technical efficiency of hotels in Luanda, Angola

Tourism Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-151

  Barros, Carlos Pestana ^a   Dieke, Peter U C ^b   Santos, Carlos M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Hotels; Luanda (angola); Random frontier model

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TOURISM MARKET;

ANGOLA; LUANDA [ANGOLA];

EID: 77952751389     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000010790872178     Document Type: Article

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