the empirical relation between efficiency and profitability in five large economies of the European Union during the … period 1998-2005 and discusses the results from the perspective of corporate bank strategy. Methodologically the existing … literature is expanded by the use of DEA super-efficiency values to regress profitability, the incorporation of risk by …

Europe’s financial structure has become strongly bank-based – far more so than in other economies. We document that an … paper concludes by discussing policy solutions to Europe’s “bank bias”, which include reducing regulatory favouritism …

firm's ability to improve its productivity growth and profitability. The case study reported here concerns the … in which the dependent variable is alternatively (labor) productivity growth and profitability. Our findings show that … growth and profitability. This suggests that firms pursue different strategies when patenting with the USPTO and the EPO, and …

In August 2007 the United Kingdom experienced its first bank run in over 140 years. Although Northern Rock was not a … particularly large bank (it was at the time ranked 7th in terms of assets) it was nevertheless a significant retail bank and a … outside the bank as depositors rushed to withdraw their deposits. There was always a fear that this could spark a systemic run …

nonfinancial industries into hypothetical portfolios using industry-level profitability data calculated from corporate tax returns … authors stress that bank management contemplating diversification into the commercial sector must be selective about which …

profitability of banks' portfolios affect their ability to cover for any liquidity shortage and hence influence the premium they … require to carry maturity risk. During a boom, profitability is increasing and thus spreads are low, while during a recession … profitability is decreasing and spreads are high, in accordance with the cyclical properties of term spreads in the data. Second, we …

have a positive influence on the profitability of firms. This study examines the effect of product diversification on the … profitability of 25 German food industry sectors from 1977 to 1994. The analysis reveals a positive effect of diversification on the … profitability of industries. …