Evaluating the performance and scale characteristics of the Australian restaurant industry

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 419-436

  Assaf, A George ^a   Deery, Margaret ^b   Jago, Leo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; data envelopment analysis (DEA); double bootstrap; efficiency; restaurant industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053613787     PISSN: 10963480     EISSN: 15577554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1096348010380598     Document Type: Article

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