differences in efficiency levels among various ownership groups, especially for foreign and local ownership, which have different …In this study, we explore the pattern of efficiency among enterprises in China’s 29 provinces across different … ownership types in heavy and light industries and across different regions (coastal, central and western). We do so by …

in the South Asian countries such as Bangladesh, Pakistan and India. For the efficiency analysis we used non parametric … returns to scale. The technical efficiency figures for Pakistan, Bangladesh and India are 0.395, 0.087, and 0.28, respectively …The objective of this study has been to estimate the efficiency and sustainability of microfinance institution working …

property rights allocation on the economic efficiency of the management strategies is studied. …

By this paper we intend to analyze the existing gap in the efficiency of R&D investment, at European level. The method … terms of technical efficiency (TE) thus constitutes the main goal of this research. Small European economies (i.e. Luxemburg … and Sweden) have high levels of research efficiency, while some of the larger ones, namely, United Kingdom, France, and …

technical efficiency of Basic Health Units (BHUs) in Sargodha by using the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) with the choice of … inputs and outputs being specific to BHUs operation. DEA model results reveals that the mean technical efficiency under …, Constant Returns to Scale (CRS) and Variable Returns to Scale (VRS) was 0.719 and 0.807 while the mean scale efficiency was 0 …

more to technological change than technical efficiency change. Sample data showed that devaluation of Cfa franc have had a …

investigating for the first time, both cost and profit efficiency of full-fledged Islamic banks and Islamic window operations of … domestic and foreign banks. The application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique has provided several efficiency … measures such as allocative, pure technical and scale efficiency that explain cost and profit efficiency differentials among …

This paper aims to estimate technical and scale efficiency in the Italian citrus farming. Estimation was carried out … Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) model, respectively. Several studies have compared technical efficiency estimates derived from … parametric and non parametric approaches, while a very small number of studies have aimed to compare scale efficiency obtained …

Our study analyses the extent of integration of the EU market for life and non-life insurance. The main integration … even less advanced for life than for non-life insurance and that mergers and acquisitions are the dominant strategy to … access a foreign market. Besides summarising the liberalisation history of the European insurance sector and discussing …