In this review paper, we ask how UK business might realize improved productivity through value creation. Our aim is to evaluate the ability of UK firms to reduce the productivity gap by assessing the challenges associated with the following strategic options: (a) increasing efficiency and...

Shocks to energy prices can have a direct impact on homeowners’ disposable income, affecting their ability to pay their mortgage. Properties’ energy efficiency can provide some protection against the transition risk of rising energy costs. Anecdotally, lenders appear to be increasingly...

This study employs Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) to analyse Malaysian commercial banks during 1996-2002, and particularly focuses on determining the impact of Islamic banking on performance. We derive both net and gross efficiency estimates, thereby demonstrating that differences in...

We develop a new test of simultaneous versus sequential complementarities by using a discrete-time binary model for survival-type panel data on the adoption of one, both, or neither of two technologies while controlling for unobserved heterogeneity by instrumenting key variables. We examplify...