Technical and environmental efficiency of a two-stage production and abatement system

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 199-219

  Lozano, Sebastián ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Emissions; Environmental efficiency; Materials balance principle; Network DEA; Network slacks based inefficiency; Production; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934779518     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-015-1933-2     Document Type: Article

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