Cross-efficiency evaluation approach to Olympic ranking and benchmarking: The case of Beijing 2008

International Journal of Applied Management Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-92

  Wu, Jie ^a   Liang, Liang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing 2008 Olympic ranking; Cross efficiency; Data envelopment analysis; DEA; Management science

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054711384     PISSN: 17558913     EISSN: 17558921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJAMS.2010.029798     Document Type: Article

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