reference performance. Benchmarking is a helpful tool to analyze and promote efficiency in insurance companies. The fast … been used, various input-output measures have been proposed and various research fields have been explored in insurance … overview of efficiency investigations in insurance industry. …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of operational losses in insurance companies. Design … integrates a quantitative aspect that reflects the mode of organization in the insurance company. In this paper, it would be more … negatively related to the Variety of Insurance Activities (VARIACT). The paper also found a decrease in the frequency of losses …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the performances of the insurance sector in Gulf Cooperation Council … efficiencies of insurance companies. Findings – The study considers 39 insurance firms in the region, with a panel data covering … the period 2005-2007. The authors found that the insurance industry in the GCC is moderately efficient and there is large …

This paper is concerned with the estimation of stochastic frontier production functions with unbalanced panel data when …. The estimation method is used to examine technical efficiency in Tunisian textile, clothing and leather (TCL) industries …

cereal producing farms located in the main cereal production region in Tunisia using a stochastic frontier production model …

producing farms in Tunisia that focus on wheat production. The empirical findings show that the labor input factor has a minimal …

manufacturing firms in Tunisia using a stochastic frontier production model applied to cross-section data. Results indicate that … Tunisia can increase their production on average by 13.5% through more efficient use of technology and production inputs. The … efficacy of modernization programme implemented in Tunisia. The estimated coefficients in the technical inefficiency effects …

producing farms in Tunisia using a stochastic frontier production function approach applied to cross section data. Results …

low-technology provinces. Based on the metafrontier estimation, TFP growth is decomposed into TE change (TEC), technical …