the empirical relation between efficiency and profitability in five large economies of the European Union during the … literature is expanded by the use of DEA super-efficiency values to regress profitability, the incorporation of risk by …Most previous research on efficiency in banking takes a regulatory perspective. In contrast, this paper investigates …

the impact of M&As in European banking on profitability and efficiency, considering the breakdown between domestic and … optimal size is not synonym of a larger size and a larger size is not an absolute criterion of profitability and efficiency, c … cross-border transactions. We first proceed with the profitability analysis of distinct completed M&As cases with different …

aspects of privatization, that has emphasized the potential efficiency gains. Hence, we provide some theoretical reasoning why …The issues of privatization (and sometimes deregulation) have been reviewed in a large literature on the various … privatization is useful as well as profitable for an economy and empirically present the extent of privatization in Austria and …

privatized firms. First, accounting data prior to and after the privatization are employed to measure the operating performance … are significantly different to private counterparts. Overall results, however, show that the privatization in Sweden was …

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. …

it can be argued that product innovation raises barriers to entry and thus improve profitability. This study examines the … effect of functional food innovative activity (compared to overall innovative activity) on the profitability of 23 German …, advertising expenditure and capital intensity. While a positive relationship between product introduction and profitability was …

on the effects of the patent stock on profitability. The data base is a representative sample of German manufacturing … patent stock has a strong and robust effect on profitability. …

leakage of knowledge in an industry will negatively affect profitability. This paper presents the results of an empirical … study on the effects of outgoing and incoming spillovers on firms? profitability. It turns out that the expected asymmetry …

if they are not. We present empirical evidence on effects of perceived threat of entry on profitability. Using … profitability is confirmed. The number and the relative size of competitors also exert considerable effects. We find no …