Measuring of production efficiency in the European railways

European Business Review

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 332-344

  de Jorge Moreno, Justo ^a   Garcia Cebrian, Lucia Isabel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Production; Rail transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986089110     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555349910288219     Document Type: Article

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