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Ranking the Financial Inefficiency Factors of Companies with the Combined Approach of Data Envelopment Analysis and Neural Network

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|Apr 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sues-2025-0008 | Journal eISSN: 2285-3065 | Journal ISSN: 1584-2339
Language: English
Page range: 65 - 85
Submitted on: Feb 1, 2024
Accepted on: May 1, 2024
Published on: Apr 17, 2025
Published by: Vasile Goldis Western University of Arad
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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