Downsizing in German Chemical Manufacturing Industry during the 1990s: Why Small Is Beautiful?
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DEA; technical and scale efficiency; technological change; firm size; firm level data; chemical manufacturing;All these keywords.
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- D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
- L23 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Organization of Production
- L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
- L65 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Chemicals; Rubber; Drugs; Biotechnology; Plastics
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