Diversification and Efficiency Assessment of Japanese Major Private Railways Using Data Envelopment Analysis and the Malmquist Index

Passenger transportation in Japan’s main metropolitan areas is operated by the JR companies, which were privatized and divested from Japan National Railways (JNR) in 1987 and by 16 major private railway companies with large-scale operations. Although their core business is transportation, the major...

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Main Authors: Tadaaki Tomikawa, Mika Goto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-02-01
Series:Economies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7099/13/2/40