, this paper aims to analyze the determinants of banking profitability of banks operating in two different financial systems … cross-section (banks) and time-series (years) data, obtaining a strongly balanced panel. Multiple linear regression models … were then used and it was possible to identify credit risk, solvency and operational efficiency as the main factors …

In this paper, we characterize and study the efficiency of a representative set of firms in the leather and footwear …

determining factors of such efficiency, in terms of verticalintegration, market concentration, size and performance. The … decreasing returns to scale; and, on the other hand, that size and performance are the determining factors of scale efficiency …The aim of this paper is to analyse the efficiency of the travel agencies operatingin Spain, and to examine the …

One of the main concerns in the European Union (EU) is to improving educational achievements and the efficiency of the … educational systems. In this work we analyse the educational efficiency in 18 European countries through a methodology that … (DEA) for the analysed pupils faced up to their own education. Efficiency scores are explained taking into account pupil …