Governance of Finnish waterworks - A DEA comparison of selected models

Utilities Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-70

  Herrala, Maila Elina ^a   Huotari, Heikki ^a   Haapasalo, Harri Jouni Olavi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

DEA; Efficiency; Governance; Waterworks

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

FINLAND;

EID: 84856300511     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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