Benchmarking universities' efficiency indicators in the presence of internal heterogeneity

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1237-1255

  Agasisti, Tommaso ^a   Bonomi, Francesca ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Efficiency; internal heterogeneity; performance; subject mix

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905694961     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2013.801423     Document Type: Article

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