This paper presents a comprehensive review of 196 studies which employ operational
research (OR) and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques in the assessment of bank …

Bank efficiency estimates often serve as a proxy of managerial skill since they quantify sub-
optimal production choices. But such deviations can also be due to omitted systematic …

This paper examines the cost efficiency of Philippine commercial banks using stochastic
frontier analysis and specifically incorporating risk and asset quality measures in the …

City commercial banks (CCBs) have continued to grow in support of small-and medium-size
enterprises (SMEs), thus improving the misallocation of capital and helping to accelerate …

The literature generally finds a mixed relationship between corporates' social activities and
performance in emerging economies. One possible explanation is that such social activities …

Using a balanced panel data set covering the period of 1992? 2004 and employing a Data
Envelopment Analysis (DEA)-based Malmquist Total Factor Productivity (TFP) index, this …

There are numerous ways to indicate the degree of banking competition across countries.
Antitrust authorities rely on the structure-conduct-performance paradigm while academics …

This paper presents evidence on the impact of managers on cost efficiency in banking.
Stochastic frontier analysis is applied to a unique Finnish data set. Manager age and …

As banking consolidation proceeds and Europe moves toward a single market, cross-
country differences in banking efficiency can affect the future competitive position of a …

This paper examines shareholder value drivers in European banking focusing on the
efficiency and productivity features of individual banks. In particular, we analyse the value …