This chapter defines the concepts of this Handbook - performance, productivity, efficiency, and profitability - and … discusses the interrelations. The most prominent performance measure, total factor productivity growth, is grounded in activity … analysis and related to Debreu's coefficient of resource utilization. The performance literature considers Debreu's coefficient …

investigated the performance and efficiency of scheduled banks (state-owned, private commercial, foreign commercial and specialized … performance and efficiency of banks, respectively. Findings - In the overall bank rankings, results revealed that foreign … performance and efficiency, state-owned and specialized banks were deemed wanting. Practical implications - This study proposes …