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General Paper

An evaluation of technical efficiency and managerial correlates of solid waste management by Welsh SMEs using parametric and non-parametric techniques

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Pages 653-664 | Received 01 Mar 2009, Accepted 01 Jan 2011, Published online: 21 Dec 2017

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