The performance of the Spanish financial sector was the subject of numerous studies throughout the 1990s as a consequence of the important changes the sector underwent. Spanish savings banks have been included in such studies, although in their case these have been limited exclusively to...

This paper presents an empirical study that analyses the effect of applying three Advanced Production Practices (APPs) (Total Quality Management-TQM, Just in TimeJIT, and Total Productive Maintenance-TPM) on business performance measured with financial and non-financial (or operational)...

This paper analyzes the relationship between economic-financial ratios and thedecision of distributing interim dividends by Spanish firms. With that purpose, we takea sample of non-financial companies quoting in the Spanish Stock Market during theperiod from 1999 to 2001. We choose a...