An evaluation of the relative performance of university libraries in Taipei

Library Review

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 190-201

  Chen, Tser yieth ^a  

^a CHUNG HUA INSTITUTION FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

China; Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Performance measurement; University libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986052186     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242539710167896     Document Type: Article

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