This article examines for the first time the association between the efficiency of Greek banks and their share price performance. Our analysis consists of three parts. First, we calculate the annual share price returns of the banks for each year between 2001 and 2005. Then we use data...

This paper presents a novel approach to solve feature subset selection problems using an Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm. ACO is one of the important naturally inspired intelligent techniques. It is based on the foraging behavior of real ants in nature. The proposed ACO is combined with...

This study aims to assess the Cost Efficiency (CE) of the Greek cooperative banks over the period 2000–2005. We first use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate the technical, allocative and cost efficiency for each bank in sample. Then, we use a bootstrapping censored (Tobit)...

Purpose - The present paper aims to examine the relationship between bank's characteristics and market characteristics and the probability of acquisition in the Greek banking industry. Design/methodology/approach -Logistic regression is used to examine a sample of 24 banks, 9 of which were...

In this paper the modelling of venture capital decision making is being attempted, using a multicriteria decision support system (the Minora system) based on the interactive use of the Uta ordinal regression model. First, a review of the literature on the evaluation criteria for venture capital...