Improved slack-based context-dependent DEA - A study of international tourist hotels in Taiwan

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 6452-6458

  Cheng, Hilary ^a   Lu, Yi Chuan ^a   Chung, Jen Tsung ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Context dependent; Data envelopment analysis; International tourist hotel; Slack based measure

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPETITION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING;

BENCHMARK STRUCTURE; BEST PATHS; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CONTEXT DEPENDENT; IN CONTEXTS; PERFORMANCE LEVEL; SLACK-BASED MEASURES; STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING;

HOTELS;

EID: 80053377674     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2010.02.142     Document Type: Article

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