their effect on banks' risk, capital, efficiency and cost. We show that more stringency and more risk sensitivity in … regulation not always result in a trade off between efficiency and solvency: the impact depends on the area of national …

led to significant improvements in operating efficiency - it remains to be seen whether the new regime, with a not …-for-profit infrastructure owner, will deliver the same efficiency improvements. …

reflected in efficiency analysis. In this paper we present an efficiency analysis of electricity distribution networks using a … analysis (SFA) method on multi-output translog input distance function models to estimate cost and scale efficiency with and … efficiency significantly. In contrast to previous research, smaller utilities seem to indicate lower technical efficiency when …

macroeconomic characteristics on the profitability and efficiency of banks. We also show that institutional and organizational …

-[alpha], the preassigned nominal value, 0<[alpha]<1. Asymptotic efficiency properties are addressed. In the case of fixed and … finite initial sample size, efficiency related issues are also discussed. …

proposed to assess the efficiency of manual insertion and packing operations such as folding, insertion, labeling, sealing and … manual handling and insertion times form the basis for the computation of the manual packaging efficiency expressed as a …, from which the packaging efficiency may be computed. The methodology was applied to the packaging of mobile phones, hard …

suppliers. Findings – To adopt a “Sustainable Packaging Logistics” approach allows for a proactive integration of the efficiency … increase sustainability and efficiency in the supply chain.  …