companies in the medium and long term. The methodology used consists of calculating different profitability and productivity … indexes followed by a DEA model for the evaluation of the companies’ efficiency. The results show that the companies operate … at significantly low productivity levels and in conditions of technical inefficiency, due to both the inability of the …

productivity performance. The empirical distributions and the associated persistence over time are explored through a set of … external credit. We also offer an initial understanding about how profitability and productivity relate with a third dimension …

productivity performance. The empirical distributions and the associated persistence over time are explored through a set of … external credit. We also offer an initial understanding about how profitability and productivity relate with a third dimension … profitable firms to grow faster. -- firm performance ; profitability ; productivity ; financial constraints …

Performance Measurement Systems (PMS) are widely used, yet the evidence for their effect on productivity is still … industry and that endogenous growth will likely lead to reduce productivity. We conclude that higher quality PMS positively and … significantly correlates with higher productivity …

This paper investigates the effect of freight transport time savings (FTTS) on the performance of transport consuming … perspective of firms, integrating the disciplines of systems thinking, performance measurement, transport and logistics decision … depends highly on the structure of the firm's transport related processes and decision making process. Through the development …