The objective of this paper is to discuss the use of modern frontier efficiency analysis to analyze firm performance in … research to incorporate the frontier efficiency approach. The chapter also serves as a guide for those who are already … conducting frontier efficiency analysis but are seeking guidance in using the methodology or defining inputs and outputs. We …

The German potable water supply industry is regarded highly fragmented, thus preventing efficiency improvements that … of 364 German water utilities in 2006, applying Data Envelopment Analysis, to analyze the potential efficiency gains from … hypothetical mergers between water utilities at the county level. A conditional efficiency framework is applied to account for the …

This study explains the differences and variances in the efficiency scores of the Vietnamese banking sector retrieved … mainly based on frontier efficiency measurements, which essentially are Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic … efficiency, whilst the opposite is true for the data type, and sample size. …

This paper examines the impact of regulatory policies on banking market efficiency using a sample of 678 commercial … Squares method. Focus is on two alternative measures of banking market efficiency: net interest margin and overhead costs … (operating expenses to assets). Elevated levels of these two ratios should indicate a low level of banking efficiency. The …

The study examines the efficiency differences across the ownership structure of Indian microfinance institutions (MFIs … analysis (DEA) to assess the bias-corrected efficiency scores. To identify the performance determinants, we use bootstrap … and statistically significant impact on the efficiency level. Although the coefficient of PAR30 (Portfolio at risk, 30 …

background of two concepts of performance evaluation – the terms efficiency and productivity, and empirically, the performance …

landscape. This research aims to evaluate the efficiency of converting sustainable development outcomes, quantified through ESG …. The results reveal that only one financial institution has an efficiency score of 1, signifying a notable efficiency level …. Most financial institutions in the dataset possess efficiency scores (represented by theta) below 0.1, indicating a …

This comparative study analyzed the impact of loan portfolio composition on the efficiency of different types of banks … in India-public sector, old private, and new private banks-in the period between 2013 and 2022. Efficiency was evaluated … sector lending, and secured lending in proportion to the overall loans-as independent factors against the efficiency score as …

input and output orientation, for measuring efficiency. Further, the Tobit regression model is used in the second stage to … average efficiency scores of public sector banks (PSBs) are higher than private banks. The Z-score indicates that both PSBs … levels are significantly related to all types of efficiencies for private banks. On the other hand, the efficiency of PSBs is …

the inter-temporal relationships among bank efficiency, capital and bank risk-taking in the EU-26 commercial banking …, our paper provides evidence that higher performance (enhanced efficiency) has been not related to higher managerial skills …