Two-dimensional efficiency decomposition to measure the demand effect in productivity analysis

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 584-593

  Lee, Chia Yen ^a   Johnson, Andrew L ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Airlines industry; Data envelopment analysis; Demand fluctuation; Efficiency decomposition; Productivity and profitability change

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY; CAPACITY DESIGN; DATA ENVELOPMENT; DEMAND FLUCTUATIONS; DEMAND GENERATION; EFFICIENCY DECOMPOSITION; EFFICIENCY MEASURE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; US AIRLINE INDUSTRY;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFITABILITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 80053896810     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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