Using a stochastic frontier model and a comprehensive dataset, we study factors that affect corporate efficiency in … efficiency, and (iii) high competition is less conductive to efficiency than moderate or low competition. In terms of ownership …, we find that (iv) efficiency increases when a majority owner must deal with minority shareholders and that (v) domestic …

, risk and efficiency. Compensation analyses show strong variation in compensation schemes between banks and bank divisions …

We study the efficiency of capital allocations at state-controlled and privately owned business groups in China. Using …

We study the efficiency of capital allocations at state-controlled and privately owned business groups in China. Using …

efficiency. This study also reveals that ownership concentration (blockholding) has adverse effects for the profit and cost … efficiency of banks …

2004 and 2011. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) are used to estimate the efficiency …This paper evaluates the efficiency of the twenty-one largest Syndicates of Lloyd's of London. Members of Lloyd's of …, that the average annual efficiency estimates for all Syndicates are plausible and they follow three-year cycles. Secondly …