This paper investigates the effects of ownership patterns on bank cost and profit efficiencies taking a sample of 607 … from bank-level inefficiency but also from differences related to other bank- and country-specific factors. Specifically … efficiency. This study also reveals that ownership concentration (blockholding) has adverse effects for the profit and cost …

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 …

The study assesses the how information sharing by means of mobile phones affects banking system efficiency in Africa … banking system efficiency. The following findings are established: (i) mobile phone penetration promotes banking system … efficiency in the 25th quantile and the median of banking system efficiency in low income countries while for middle income …