Calculating scale elasticity in DEA models

DOI10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601741zbMath1095.90052OpenAlexW2036800816MaRDI QIDQ4661206

Finn R. Førsund, Lennart Hjalmarsson

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.2601741

zbMATH Keywords

DEAreturns to scalescale elasticityFarrell efficiency measures

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50)

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