Duality of weakly disposable technology

Omega

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 504-512

  Kuosmanen, Timo ^a,b   Kazemi Matin, Reza ^c  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

DEA; Efficiency; Environmental studies; Resource management

Indexed keywords

COSTS; LOSSES;

ANALYSIS PROBLEMS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS MODELS; DISPOSABLE TECHNOLOGY; DISPOSABLES; DUAL FORMULATIONS; ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SHADOW PRICE; WEAK DISPOSABILITIES;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 79551688631     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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