Identifying managerial groups in a large Canadian bank branch network with a DEA approach

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 178-187

  Paradi, Joseph C ^a   Zhu, Haiyan ^a   Edelstein, Barak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bank branch; Branch management; Clustering methods; Data envelopment analysis; DMU grouping

Indexed keywords

BANK BRANCH; CLUSTERING METHODS; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; DATA ENVELOPMENT; DMU GROUPING; EXTERNAL MARKET; GROUP PERFORMANCE; MANAGERIAL PRACTICES; OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION SIZES; RESOURCE DEPLOYMENTS; TRADITIONAL CLUSTERING;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84863401520     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.12.022     Document Type: Article

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