Efficiency evaluation of Chinese regional industrial systems with undesirable factors using a two-stage slacks-based measure approach

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 348-356

  Bian, Yiwen ^a   Liang, Nannan ^b   Xu, Hao ^c  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Regional industrial system in china; Slacks based measure; Two stage data envelopment analysis; Undesirable factors

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FACTOR ANALYSIS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS MODELS; EFFICIENCY EVALUATION; IMPROVING PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY; SLACKS-BASED MEASURE; UNDESIRABLE FACTORS;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84923838576     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.10.055     Document Type: Article

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