Industrial changes in corporate sustainability performance - An empirical overview using data envelopment analysis

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 147-155

  Chang, Dong Shang ^a   Kuo, Li Chin Regina ^b   Chen, Yi Tui ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b not available ^*  (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

DEA; Malmquist index; Sustainability performance; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY;

COMPOSITE INDEX; CORPORATE-SUSTAINABILITY; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; MALMQUIST INDICES; ON-GOING IMPROVEMENT; RELATIVE EFFICIENCY; SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84883183844     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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