). This research uses a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to assess franchise chains’ efficiency, and a meta-frontier approach … to analyze chains’ efficiency between and across sectors. The sample includes 43 chains of the service and retail sectors … between the PCO and the chain efficiency. Finally, there is no significant difference between the observed PCOs and the …

measure the efficiency of franchise chains and determine their optimal organizational form. The methodology is based on a non … implementing a benchmarking process. An extended model is developed in the paper for evaluating the efficiency and determining the … impact on franchise chain efficiency; even if other chain characteristics have a larger impact. Second, the optimization of …

result appeared innovation in distribution channel was positively significant with distribution efficiency, which in turn …

The impact of group affiliation to agroholdings on enterprise performance in terms of productivity and efficiency is … efficiency of agricultural enterprises in Russia. The underlying research question of this paper is therefore whether farms that … productivity (TFP) and technical efficiency scores for the two categories of independent farms and members of agroholdings. In this …

This empirical study aims to shed light on the dynamic linkages between innovation and efficiency at individual farm … distance function framework we estimate the changes in efficiency, technical change and productivity over the period considered … efficiency gains over time applying a multinomial logit approach. Our empirical findings reveal that investments in innovative …