The present paper examined the correlation between risks and efficiency within Islamic banks in the MENA area. This paper used three stages of analyses. The first stage consisted of measuring the efficiency of those banks by employing the nonparametric technique, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)...

The purpose of this quantitative nonexperimental study, grounded in conventional economic efficiency theory, was to compare the change in efficiency of different banks, specifically Islamic and Western, that occurred during the 2007 to 2009 economic downturn, using 2006 as baseline. Relative...

The aim of the study is to measure the efficiency of for profit colleges and universities in the United States using the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The study data will be covering 199 institutions for the period between 2005 to 2009. The output of this study will be the graduation rate and...