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 …

In this paper, we conduct a pan-European efficiency analysis to investigate the performance of European railways with a … and, thus, produce railway services with a higher level of efficiency. To determine whether joint or separate production … is more efficient, we apply a Data Envelopment Analysis super-efficiency bootstrapping model which relates the efficiency …

This chapter analyzes the effect of intangible investment on firm efficiency with an emphasis on its software component … technical efficiency in the software intensive manufacturing firms in Turkey for the period 2003-2007. Firms are classified … differentials in their firm efficiency. The results show that the effect of software investment on firm efficiency is larger in high …

This chapter analyzes the effect of intangible investment on firm efficiency with an emphasis on its software component … technical efficiency in the software intensive manufacturing firms in Turkey for the period 2003-2007. Firms are classified … differentials in their firm efficiency. The results show that the effect of software investment on firm efficiency is larger in high …

economies. Theories of optimal taxation conclude that these taxes are detrimental to production efficiency, when firms operate … production units. The present paper investigates the effects of taxation on production efficiency, accounting for the … effect of this "tax induced organizational change" on production efficiency ultimately depends on the characteristics of the …

This chapter analyzes the effect of intangible investment on firm efficiency with an emphasis on its software component … technical efficiency in the software intensive manufacturing firms in Turkey for the period 2003-2007. Firms are classified … differentials in their firm efficiency. The results show that the effect of software investment on firm efficiency is larger in high …

economies. Theories of optimal taxation conclude that these taxes are detrimental to production efficiency, when firms operate … production units. The present paper investigates the effects of taxation on production efficiency, accounting for the … effect of this "tax induced organizational change" on production efficiency ultimately depends on the characteristics of the …

efficiency of dominant governing forms on the eve of EU accession, and assesses the likely impact of CAP implementation on … farming structures. Firstly, assessment is made on the comparative efficiency, complementarily, and sustainability of major …

Basel II. In this paper, bank data for 2002-2006 are used to estimate models of bank cost efficiency. In contrast to most … previous papers, no significance difference is found for the average cost efficiency scores of banks for the two countries … during 2002-2006. How banks are ranked for efficiency depends upon the chosen model (input and output sets). An interesting …

function with a timevariable stochastic efficiency term we show that positive scale and scope effects from a merger arise only … efficiency as the acquiring firms. For the post-merger phase, our empirical results provide no evidence for efficiency gains from …