Hypothesis testing and statistical precision in the context of nonparametric efficiency and productivity measurement … noticeable in the case of banking efficiency studies, where the literature is immense. In this paper, we explore productivity … growth and productive efficiency for Spanish savings banks over the (initial) post-deregulation period 1992?1998 using Data …

In this work a non parametric approach is used in order to evaluate the relative efficiency of a sample of firms … eficiencia relativa de una muestra de empresas productoras de artículos de madera y muebles, en presencia de outputs no deseables …

background of two concepts of performance evaluation – the terms efficiency and productivity, and empirically, the performance … banking sector applying different scientific methods. Nonparametric or parametric techniques, such as DEA with the Malmquist …

insurance. We employ the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to compute the efficiency of Takaful operators, while Panzar-Rosse (P …This paper contributes to the existing literature by examining the efficiency and competitiveness of the Takaful … to estimating provisions for outstanding claims, as this factor is negatively influencing the efficiency of Takaful …

objectively evaluate the efficiency of 42 top scorers who have played in the UEFA Champions League (UCL) over a period of six … years, based on official match-play “multi-input and output” statistics, using input- and output oriented DEA models. …

Benchmarking by means of applying the DEA model is appearing as an interesting alternative for regulators under the new …

Measuring productive efficiency is an important research strand within fields of economics, management science and … operations research. One definition of efficiency is the proportional scaling needed for observations of an inefficient unit to … weighted inputs. When linear programming is used to estimate efficiency the two definitions give identical results due to the …

, the efficiency of higher education institutions is increasingly coming into focus. Since the 2000s, more and more studies … on the efficiency of German universities have been published. While the research focus and the applied methods differ … aim of this paper was to show differences and commonalities in efficiency between universities of applied sciences and …

results. It is evident that the financial stability and efficiency of the insurance sector strengthens the confidence of … system and economic system growth and development, the research subject is the analysis of the insurance sector efficiency in … the Republic of Serbia. The main research objective is to look at the insurance sector efficiency through the performance …