A non-parametric analysis of competitiveness efficiency: The relevance of firm size and the configuration of competitive pillars

This study employs a data envelopment analysis (DEA) model with a single constant input to analyze the competitiveness performance of a unique sample of 103 knowledge-intensive business service (KI...

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