A DEA study of the efficiency of 122 iron ore and coal ports and of 15/17 countries in 2005

Maritime Policy and Management

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 727-743

  de Oliveira, Gabriel Figueiredo ^a   Cariou, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK CARGO; CARGO HANDLING; COAL; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; IRON ORE; PORT OPERATION;

EID: 84858594975     PISSN: 03088839     EISSN: 14645254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03088839.2011.625989     Document Type: Article

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