This paper examines the impact of non-traditional activities on the China banking sector's technical and scale efficiency during the post-reform period 2000-2005. The paper follows the procedures set by Isik and Hassan (2003) by omitting the off-balance sheet items first, before adding it as an...

This paper investigates an Italian group of Mutual Banks (MBs) over the period 2001–2005. We identify homogeneous groups by cluster analysis and then measure their performance ratios. We evaluate the groups' efficiency and productivity by means of nonparametric techniques (Data...

This paper analyses the relationship between efficiency and shareholder return (using an Economic Value-Added or EVA measure) in the French, German, Italian and UK banking systems over the period of 1999–2002. Various hypotheses regarding the relationship between bank efficiency and...

In today's competitive situation, with service industries sprouting at an incredible rate, managing service performance becomes an essential strategy for success and survival. The automotive service industry is one such industry where managing service performance becomes essential for successful...

This paper advances the DEA method based on input-output label in order to develop their application. Taking the Anhui's input-output label as example, a model is built and calculated to determine whether each industry is efficient on DEA through dividing the label into two parts and compressing...

A global reform of the Portuguese seaport sector favoured the involvement of the private sector in the provision of port services and the improving of its performance. The regulatory model, the institutional setting and the operations features of the Portuguese seaport sector are briefly...

This paper discusses and empirically analyses the implications of efficiency and innovation offsets for the management of non-point source pollution from agriculture. If efficiency improvements and green innovation indeed combine environmental advantages with economic advantages, these offsets...

Logistics as an arm of the Supply Chain Management (SCM) concept of functional integration of processes between firms in business partnerships is not new, yet it has been invigorated by globalisation and modern Information Communication Technologies (ICT). The end-to-end Supply Chain (SC) is a...

A number of different studies have been completed from the efficiency of developed countries and their passenger transportation operations. However, we have little understanding from the global performance of railway sector, and particularly from passenger segment. In this research work, we use...

The major aim of this research is to measure the relative efficiency of the top 100 African banks. The sensitivity of the results is also investigated. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method was used to evaluate the relative efficiency of African banks. Cross-sectional data for the year 2005...