In recent years, migrant entrepreneurs have come to occupy a prominent place in the SME sector in many cities in developed countries, with varying degrees of success. The concept of migrant entrepreneurship suggests a homogeneous set of actors, but it remains to be seen whether differences in...

This study applies two non-parametric approaches i.e: data envelopment analysis (DEA) to investigate cost efficiency and total factor productivity (TFP) indices among 118 insurance firms both life and property-casualty in Indonesia over 2006-2008. It finds that the on average, all the firms are...

The growth experience of virtually all but the very rich countries is best explained as a combination of high and low growth episodes. Therefore, there is a need to understand the sources of growth during high and low growth regimes and in particular the influences as growth regimes change. This...

Given the importance of technical efficiency for production process, the current study is measuring the technical efficiency in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries over the period 2009-2016. For this purpose, the study will employ the nonparametric model uses the linear programming by Data...

The paper examines the macroeconomic performance of 25 transition economies using a comparable dataset. In order to see whether the transition to the market based economy increased economic efficiency, technical progress, and total factor productivity, we estimate efficiency measures for the...