The performance of private partners in the waste sector

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 29-30, Issue , 2012, Pages 214-221

  Simoes P ^a   Cruz, N F ^a   Marques, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Private sector participation; Productivity; Refuse collection; Waste treatment

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS; MALMQUIST; NON-PARAMETRIC TECHNIQUES; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PRIVATE PARTNERS; PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION; PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS; REGULATORY STRUCTURE; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

COMMERCE; EFFICIENCY; PRODUCTIVITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

REFUSE COLLECTION;

EID: 84859524718     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.01.027     Document Type: Article

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