New human resources practices, technology and their impact on SMEs' efficiency

Information Systems Management

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-273

  Lytras, Miltiadis D ^a   Castillo Merino, David ^b   Serradell Lopez, Enric ^b  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GREECE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

DEA analysis; Firms' efficiency; Human resources management (HRM), Employees' assessment; ICT uses

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT SYSTEM; DEA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; HUMAN VALUES; ICT USE; MEDIUM SIZE; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE;

EFFICIENCY; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 77954591797     PISSN: 10580530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10580530.2010.493843     Document Type: Article

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