Computing economies of vertical integration, economies of scope and economies of scale using partial frontier nonparametric methods

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 292-307

  Carvalho, Pedro ^a   Marques, Rui Cunha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

(D) Data envelopment analysis; Economies of scale; Economies of scope; Economies of vertical integration; Efficiency; Partial frontier nonparametric methods

Indexed keywords

COMPUTING ECONOMIES; ECONOMIES OF SCALE; ECONOMIES OF SCOPE; NON-PARAMETRIC; NONPARAMETRIC METHODS; SCALE ECONOMIES; VERTICAL INTEGRATION; WATER AND WASTEWATER;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; INTEGRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 84890429059     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2013.09.022     Document Type: Article

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