Application of the two-stage DEA model for evaluating the efficiency and investigating the relationship between managerial ability and firm performance

Subject Areas : Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis and its Application in Financial Management

Mohammad Reza Ravanshad ¹ , Ali Amiri ² , Hojjatallah Salari ³ , Davood Khodadadi ⁴

1 - Department of Accounting,Bandar Abbas Branch,Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran
2 - Department of Accounting,Bandar Abbas Branch,Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran
3 - Department of Accounting,Bandar Abbas Branch,Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran
4 - Department of Accounting,Bandar Abbas Branch,Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran

Received: 2018-12-30 Accepted : 2019-05-04 Published : 2020-04-01

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