A global Malmquist-Luenberger productivity index

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-197

  Oh, Dong hyun ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Circularity environmentally sensitive productivity growth; Directional distance function; Global Malmquist Luenberger productivity index

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049289885     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-010-0178-y     Document Type: Article

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