Previous literature on business performance in the insurance market tends to focus only on efficiency or profitability … relationship between efficiency scores obtained through a two-stage DEA and the values of the classical financial ratios (ROE, ROA … 2008-2017. We find a positive relationship between efficiency and profitability, which shows decreasing returns, with the …

the operational efficiency of home deliveries. Hitherto, the research has considered home delivery concepts using attended …

Purpose – Comparative shop efficiency within a chain is a key factor in strategic management decisions such as … evaluation, promotion and development of shop personnel. Furthermore, overall efficiency of the firm depends on the efficiency of … individual shops within the chain. The purpose of this paper is to assess operational efficiency of a bookshop chain in Turkey …

that jointly measure the efficiency of franchise chains and determine their optimal organizational form. Design … the paper for evaluating the efficiency and determining the optimal percentage of company-owned outlets (PCO) of each … franchise chain. Findings – First, results showed that the PCO has a positive impact on franchise chain efficiency; even if …

the objectives was: data envelopment analysis for the analysis of efficiency and for the second the Tobit regression to … determine the factors explaining efficiency. The authors have used additional methodologies such as social networks or cluster … analysis. Findings – The individual company analysis reveals that the average efficiency level by years for the period 1990 …

as the driving forces influencing efficiency of retailers in India. Research limitations/implications – The paper has a …

potential. This paper uses the policy analysis matrix (PAM) to assess efficiency in the crop sector and financial analysis to …