and profitability of retail activities. This paper examines the impact of banks' retail intensity on performance from 1997 …

created as a collaboration between Santander Bank and the University of Cantabria. SANFI works to identify, develop, support …

this policy through banks. This paper examines the role of bank liquidity, capitalization and market power as internal … monetary policy change on bank performance is also considered. The empirical analysis, using large panel datasets for the … rates by disaggregating down to the individual bank level. This is achieved by the use of a Local GMM technique that also …

volatility of growth and profitability are bank-size dependent, and (iii) the relationship between growth and profitability of a … evidence of persistence in bank growth. However, our findings suggest significant persistence in bank profitability. Moreover …This paper investigates (i) whether growth and profitability persist in banking firms, (ii) whether the level and …

In this work we investigate two crucial dimensions of firms' structure and dynamics, that is profitability and … external credit. We also offer an initial understanding about how profitability and productivity relate with a third dimension …

and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from …' profitability, which is consistent with deferred compensation considerations. Moreover, our analysis reveals for the first time that … with a lower level of profitability in these firms. If anything, profitability is (slightly) higher in firms with a larger …

We analyze the impact of efficiency on bank risk. We also consider whether bank capital has an effect on this … supporting the bad management and efficiency version of the moral hazard hypotheses. In contrast, bank efficiency improvements … contribute to shore up bank capital levels. Our findings suggest that banks lagging behind in their efficiency levels might …

Efficiency is considered a key factor when evaluating a bank's performance. Moreover, efficiency enhancement is an … the expense of deteriorating bank profits and excessive risk-taking. Both the quantitative effects and dynamic reactions …

firm's ability to improve its productivity growth and profitability. The case study reported here concerns the … in which the dependent variable is alternatively (labor) productivity growth and profitability. Our findings show that … growth and profitability. This suggests that firms pursue different strategies when patenting with the USPTO and the EPO, and …