There have been growing needs to investigate oil and gas firms more closely due to their corporate scandals. Globally, oil firm managements have become more risk intolerant. They are sometimes under pressure to deliver results within a short time, which often negatively affect their ability to...

This study is the first attempt to estimate the determinants of the operational efficiency and total factor productivity (TFP) change of major financial institutions in Cambodia during the period 2006 to 2013. The technical efficiency score and the TFP change were measured using conventional...

Due to the different geo-morphological, climatic, economic and social factors, Serbia represents a very heterogeneous area with specific historical legacies that are hard to overcome. Therefore, the regional specificities represent a starting point for planning the development of the economy as...

In the past few years, the government has developed and installed a unique model of performance-based budgeting known as the Organizational Performance Indicator Framework (OPIF). The OPIF demonstrates the relationship between an agency's programs, activities, and projects (PAPs), the goods and...

Most previous research on efficiency in banking takes a regulatory perspective. In contrast, this paper investigates the empirical relation between efficiency and profitability in five large economies of the European Union during the period 1998-2005 and discusses the results from the...

This article intends to use China State Grid Corp's business performance evaluation system to study the Shandong Electric Power Group Corp's power grid operation efficiency. And through analyzing the operational efficiency of each decision unit by DEA, we analyze the adjustment direction of the...

The higher education industry worldwide is currently facing a number of challenges in trying to be academically competitive and operationally efficient at the same time. Information technology, in the form of large scale Enterprise Systems, have shown the promise of enabling them to run their...

This paper examines how electricity reforms in India managed to influence the responses of generating firms. Indian electricity reforms have federal and state character. This paper utilises an extensive survey of generation units in Gujarat State. The findings suggest that reforms have created...

The paper examines profitability and market performance of small-scale fish traders selected randomly from a cross-section of nine fish markets in four districts in Central Uganda. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire which was designed to solicit information on traders’...

In a healthcare system, resource allocation mechanisms should promote efficiency, improve quality of care and reduce practice variation. This paper presents a framework that has been used at the US Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Healthcare Network Upstate New York, to guide resource...