Purpose -The last decade witnessed the reform of China's financial sector, during which Chinese commercial banks … investigates whether these banks have improved their productivity efficiency during their rapid expansion and growth in the post … efficiency of Chinese commercial banks during 2004-2011. First, the technical efficiency (TE) score is constructed to evaluate …

Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to investigate the quality of financial reporting by banks in China, and the … profit hiding behavior of banks in particular. Design/methodology/approach -Reported profit is compared with actual profit … structure of individual banks, though joint-stock banks have higher degree of profit hiding. Banks that are more financially …

results on the basis of banks' size finds that TFP growth is higher for smaller banks on average over the entire period of our …/value – This paper is believed to be the first that examines the productivity growth of Greek cooperative banks. …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the profitability of different ownership forms of banks. The two … is examined. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses Call Report Data on Wisconsin banks as collected by SNL …-corrected ordinary least squares (OLS) model was used. Findings – Subchapter S banks were found to be more profitable (as measured by ROA …

performed to see whether there are differences in governance structures of banks with busy boards and those with less … – The paper finds that there are significant differences between banks in terms of governance structure when analyzing banks … with busy boards and banks with less-busy boards. Importantly, the study shows that bank risk is positively related to …

individual bank-specific data for cross-banks examination, an area worthy of further research. Social implications – Having …

remains relatively constant throughout the period under observation, while, on average, big banks perform better than medium … efficiency levels; thus, a merger of two small banks will probably increase their efficiency and competitiveness in the long term …. Originality/value – Greek banks are at a crossroad and faced with the dilemma of expanding their operations internationally or …