Assessing the productivity of the UK Retail sector

International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-280

  Reynolds, Jonathan ^a   Howard, Elizabeth ^a   Dragun, Dmitry ^a   Rosewell, Bridget ^b   Ormerod, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Volterra Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

efficiency; international; labour; Productivity; regulation; retailing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066173342     PISSN: 09593969     EISSN: 14664402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593960500119416     Document Type: Article

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