Purpose – This paper aims to identify the relationship between efficiency and profitability by using data from Greek … the low profitability. The results do not confirm the existence of a positive strong correlation between efficiency and … efficiency and profitability, by applying an innovative performance decomposition approach that has not yet been applied in Greek …

2008 are analyzed to examine if more efficient working capital management improves firms’ accounting profitability and … this study found that profitability is affected positively with the cash conversion cycle. This indicates that more …

) to the profitability of SMEs. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs panel data regression analysis and a … profitability. However, AP management is relatively more important than AR management. Inventory (INV) and CCC management is not … important for SMEs profitability. Questionnaire results suggest that management of CCC and all its components is perceived as …

profitability. This enables businesses to make smart decisions about where to expand and go after increased market share – and … the concept of CMP: benchmarking CMP against competitors to understand strengths and weaknesses; assessing profitability …

through profitability. Profitability of conventional and Islamic banks is compared through four authentic methods of ratio … and compared with the conventional trend of banking. Design/methodology/approach – Profitability of two‐streams of banking …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine managerial efficiency of the whole population of petrochemical firms in … efficiency in context of various returns-to-scales. To glean further insights into the sources of inefficiency, the study … advantage of economies of scale. Originality/value This paper is a first attempt to measure efficiency of petrochemical sector …

reduction. Practical implications – The empirical results are useful in assessing the relative efficiency of the large Indian … efficiency. Originality/value – Unlike the previous studies on the efficiency of the ID&P industry, the paper have shown the … efficiency scores is also checked.  …

analyse the technical efficiency of insurances in the GCC countries using DEA methodology and Malmquist Productivity Index … (MPI) to decompose the change in the efficiency into an intrinsic component reflecting the individual change in technical … efficiency and a second component reflecting the impact of the change in the market technology on the individual technical …

Purpose – This paper aims to estimate the cost efficiency scores of banks in KSA before and during financial crisis by … efficiency DEA and a second stage Tobit regression model. Findings – The results reveal that banks in KSA are least affected by … the crisis as the efficiency scores remain the same during all the periods. However, the average levels of inefficiency …