Technical efficiency measurement and inverse B-convexity: Moroccan travel agencies

Tourism Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 597-606

  Goncalves, Olga ^a   Liang, Qi Bin ^a   Peypoch, Nicolas ^a   Sbai, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

B convexity; Efficiency; Morocco; Travel agencies

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SERVICE SECTOR; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TOURISM;

MOROCCO;

EID: 84864348438     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/te.2012.0126     Document Type: Conference Paper

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