The objective of this research is to study the x-efficiency of Tunisian commercial banks for the period 1996-2010 using a DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) method. Our results suggest that the cost efficiency of the sector is estimated at a score of 41.0%. Market share in terms of deposit banks...

The paper sets out to analyze the efficiency of regional health care systems based on the patients’ perception of the quality of the services provided. For the purpose of this study, efficiency is measured as interregional mobility, i.e., the number of a region’s residents that use the...

Il presente lavoro rappresenta un primo tentativo di analizzare in chiave spaziale l’efficienza conseguita a livello di governo locale in Italia, utilizzando un database di nuova costruzione, che comprende i 341 comuni della regione Emilia- Romagna. La metodologia d’analisi si basa su una...

The electronic markets hypothesis (EMH) predicts that the intense intrusion of information technology (IT) into the market system has a strong influence on the degree of market coordination. As transaction costs go down due to inexpensive IT-enabled exchange of information, market-based economic...

Information technology (IT) involve a wide set of risks. Enterprise information systems are a major developing form of information technology involving their own set of risks, thus creating potential blind spots. This paper describes risk management issues involved in enterprise resource...

The direct food subsidy is an important agricultural subsidy policy under current conditions, more efficient than grain price protection policy and other policies, and it is of great importance to the agricultural development, but this policy will not meet the interests of society in the long...

The aim of this study is to investigate the performance of the Tunisian banking sector following the liberalization of its financial sector. To this end, we collected annual frequency data from nine banks for the period 1980-2009. By using Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR), our estimations...

The objective of this research is to examine the relationship between market structure and the performance of the Tunisian banking system over the period 1990-2009. The Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method was used to assess the scores of x-efficiency and scale efficiency, the hypotheses of...

The main purpose of this study is to explore the current risk management practices and techniques used by Tunisian banks. A questionnaire was developed and surveyed to 16 commercial banks operating in Tunisia. This paper attempts to ascertain the perceptions of Tunisian bankers about the...

SMEs financing is a major challenge that most developed as well developing or in transition countries have to taken up. In the case of Tunisia, this type of firms forms the backbone of the economy and provides undoubtedly a key role in its development. However, these SMEs suffer from...