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Theoretical Paper

Negative data in DEA: a simple proportional distance function approach

K KerstensIESEG School of ManagementLilleFranceCorrespondence[email protected]
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I Van de WoestyneHogeschool Universiteit BrusselBrusselsBelgium
Pages 1413-1419 | Received 01 Apr 2009, Accepted 01 Apr 2010, Published online: 21 Dec 2017

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