The objective of this work is the analysis of the influence that the resources and capabilities of companies in the distribution sector in Spain has to explain productive efficiency as a performance measure (in the period 1997-2006, for a total of 42 sectors of activity a 4-digit NACE). It also...

The main objective of this study is the identification of the explanatory factors on the differences in efficiency in the retail sector enterprises (CNAE-09 4711) in Spain, paying particular attention to the regulation in order to clarify the way in which this regulation has influenced the...

This work has been raised with the aim of analyzing the level of efficiency "benchmarking" and its explanatory factors of consulting audit firms in Spain. We have applied a semi-parametric model following the methodology of Simar and Wilson (2007). The main results show that five companies have...

This work has as main objective to determine the effect country, type of institution (its ownership, public or private) and their resources on educational outcomes for students of Latin-American education system from PISA 2009. The results obtained by applying a multilevel analysis reveal that...