An appraisal of regional intellectual capital performance using Data Envelopment Analysis

Applied Geography

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 246-257

  Nitkiewicz, Tomasz ^a   Pachura, Piotr ^a,b   Reid, Neil ^c  

^a CZESTOCHOWA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRE OV   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Data Envelopment Analysis; Regional development and performance; Regional intellectual capital

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

POLAND;

EID: 84904353740     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.06.011     Document Type: Article

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