The paper provides new empirical evidence on factors that determine the profitability of the banking sector of the Republic of Korea. The empirical findings indicate that the banks of the Republic of Korea with high capitalization levels tend to have higher profitability levels. However, the...

Purpose – The purpose of the present paper is to empirically analyze the efficiency of the Thailand banking sector during the period of 1999-2008. Design/methodology/approach – The efficiency estimates of individual banks are evaluated by using the data envelopment analysis approach. The...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide new empirical evidence on the performance of multinational banks as a subset of the eclectic theory. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs the least square method of random effects model (REM). The opportunity to use a random...