This paper is a survey of recent contributions to, and developments of, the relationship
between outsourcing, efficiency and productivity growth in manufacturing and services. The …

This study examines the technical efficiency of Thai manufacturing SMEs and their firm-
specific determinants utilising firm-level industrial census data for 1997 and 2007. Results …

Using a stochastic frontier model and a comprehensive dataset, we study factors that affect
corporate efficiency in Europe. We find that (i) larger firms are less efficient than smaller …

This paper addresses the effect of Internet use on efficiency heterogeneity among firms. It
uses a rich dataset for Spanish manufacturing firms in the period 2000–2005. The empirical …

Production frontier analysis and the technical efficiency of production are conceptual tools
that can provide insight into the production efficiency of colleges and universities. This …

This study applies a data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach and a two-limit Tobit model
to measure the technical efficiency of Thai manufacturing small and medium enterprises …

When Parmalat Finanziaria SpA filed for bankruptcy protection in late December 2003, it
was regarded as the biggest financial collapse in European corporate history and was …

This study employs a stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) to predict the technical efficiency of
Thai listed manufacturing enterprises, using unbalanced panel data for 178 enterprises …

Audit cut-off rules are policy tools widely adopted by fiscal authorities with the aim to improve
voluntary tax compliance. Despite their usefulness, audits are costly for the fiscal authority …

This paper employs a stochastic frontier (SFA) and data envelopment analysis (DEA) to
analyse inefficiency effect models for 3,894 Thai manufacturing and exporting small and …