The United States is recognized as the largest economic entity in the world and its financial system has developed steadily through the guidance of the Federal Reserve System for over one hundred years. However, in recent years, the global economic downturn, coupled with the global COVID-19...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the longitudinal efficiency of branch operations of a third party logistics (3PL) company for comparative performance measurement and internal benchmarking. Design/methodology/approach – Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is used for measuring...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of the characteristics of statutory internal auditors on operating efficiency. Design/methodology/approach – This study investigates three characteristics pertaining to statutory internal auditors, namely, compensation, activity...

Economic theory states that “free market” competition naturally achieves lower prices—thereby increasing efficiency and benefiting society. This is the first paper in the literature to use means testing to statistically analyze electricity prices, from 1970-2011, for states that...

This paper applies the unoriented DEA network methodology to measure US airlines' performance relative to that of peer airlines and identifies the sources of its inefficiency. The analysis of the results suggests that major US airlines are more efficient than national US airlines in spending...

This study uses a sample of 48 commercial banks in Taiwan for the period 2008 to 2010 to compare the operating efficiency between 30 domestic banks and 18 foreign banks. Due to differences in cultural sentiments, values, and business philosophies, this paper employs the Meta-Hybrid DEA model to...

Three decades ago, ports were generally regarded as homogeneous entities that competed with each other at different operational levels. In the course of the 1990s, however, the “port product” increasingly came to be seen as a set of interlinking functions, with the port as such serving as...

Using a non-parametric data envelopment analysis (DEA) method, this paper investigates the investment allocation choices of foreign investors and how the foreign ownership and corporate operational efficiency play roles in Taiwan market with more financial liberalization. Empirical results...

This paper examines the impact of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) capital injections on the operational efficiency of commercial banks. Using a nonparametric Data Envelopment Analysis to measure bank efficiency, we document a deteriorating pattern in the operating efficiency for banks...