Bank branch-level DEA to assess overall efficiency

EuroMed Journal of Business

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 359-377

  Tsolas, Ioannis E ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bank branches; Banking; Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Performance management

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053021222     PISSN: 14502194     EISSN: 1758888X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14502191111170178     Document Type: Article

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