A two-stage DEA approach for environmental efficiency measurement

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 3041-3051

  Song, Malin ^a   Wang, Shuhong ^b   Liu, Wei ^c  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND LAW   (China)

Author keywords

CCR model; Dependence problem; SBM model; Undesirable output; Water usage

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

DECISION MAKING UNIT; DEPENDENCE PROBLEM; EFFICIENCY EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY; SBM MODELS; TWO-STAGE APPROACHES; UNDESIRABLE OUTPUT; WATER USAGE;

EFFICIENCY;

DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; NETWORK ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PLANT WATER USE; PROCESS MODEL; SLACKS BASED MEASURE MODEL;

EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84898865015     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3599-z     Document Type: Article

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