Local and global returns to scale in performance measurement

DOI10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601680zbMath1097.91027MaRDI QIDQ4661130

Victor V. Podinovski

Publication date: 4 April 2005

Published in: Journal of the Operational Research Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601680

zbMATH Keywords

data envelopment analysis; returns to scale; performance measurement; free disposal hull

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

91B06: Decision theory

90B50: Management decision making, including multiple objectives

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