costs. We used two different concepts of efficiency, namely, cost efficiency and alternative profit efficiency, and found …, despite their somewhat normal cost-efficiency, a manifestation that they are able to charge higher fees for the quality of … efficiency of CRBs. We failed to find very conclusive evidence that corporate governance theories apply to the Philippines’ CRBs …

pursue greater cost efficiency than profit efficiency. …This paper first examines the extent of cost and profit inefficiencies of the Philippine credit cooperative system … using stochastic frontier analysis (SFA). Then, it looks into the effects of certain variables on the cost and profit …

Analysis (DEA). In particular, it estimates the efficiency of 78 SUCs based on available input data (i.e., expenditure data … results indicate that majority of the SUCs have efficiency score less than 1 and thus, they are considered inefficient. In … addition, the target input and output levels derived from the DEA suggest potential cost savings for each of the SUCs. Further …

investment liberalization. The country’s experience points to the importance of domestic policies that foster domestic efficiency … and competitiveness before one can participate in regional integration and face global competition. The country first … resources and improvement in the overall competitiveness of domestic industries. The improved competitiveness enabled the …

Competitiveness is technically a firm level concept. However, it is oftentimes extended to the national level--the idea … of a country's 'international competitiveness' with the following analogies: market share-->export share of country …; price-->real effective exchange rate or unit labor cost; profitability-->long-run economic growth. The concept of national …

run, China’s competitiveness will increase and its economic growth will experience another surge. For the Philippines, the …. However, reduction of trade barriers for China and the rise in its competitiveness imply that the Philippines will find it …