Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess the efficiency of agricultural production in South Africa from 1970 to 2014, using an integrated two-stage fuzzy approach. Design/methodology/approach: Fuzzy technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution is used to assess the...

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to provide an approach to analyze the performance of TV programs and to identify what can be done to improve them. Design/methodology/approach: The Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS), the Ng-model, Grey relational...

Purpose: This study analyzes whether power in the supply chain, based on governance modes and network centrality, explain financial performance at different levels of analysis: buyers, suppliers and dyads. Design/methodology/approach: The study employs a dual macro-micro lens based on global...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess the efficiency determinants of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the context of Latin American airlines based on business-related variables commonly found in the literature. The idea is to identify preferable potential airline matches in light of...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to measure the efficiency and the productive slacks of a sample of major UK auditing firms between 2005 and 2012. Design/methodology/approach Using the bootstrapping technique as the cornerstone method, DEA estimates were computed, allowing the test for...