Safety performance evaluation of Indian organizations using data envelopment analysis

Benchmarking

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 197-220

  Beriha, G S ^a   Patnaik, B ^a   Mahapatra, S S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Data analysis; Decision making units; India; Occupational health and safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955607006     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635771111121676     Document Type: Article

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