This paper investigates the effects of microfinance on micro and small business growth in
Nigeria. The objectives are: one, to examine the effects of different loan administration …

This study examines the effects of market competition and foreign direct investment on the
technical efficiency of firms within the Indonesian manufacturing sector using a Stochastic …

This paper contributes to the industrial location literature by examining why industry locates
or refrains from locating in large, medium and small cities of India, China and Brazil using …

Small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) play a vital role in the Vietnamese economy;
hence more understanding of their efficiency is of interest for a variety of various …

This paper analyzes the effect of firm and other characteristics on the incidence and intensity
of improved financial performance among non-farm microenterprises in Ghana, using data …

The study applies data envelopment analysis (DEA) and Malmquist productivity index (MPI)
to explore the operation performances of the Taiwanese wafer fabrication companies from …

The resource-based view of the firm suggests that intangible assets have a positive impact
on firm performance. This study examined the relation between intangible assets and …

This paper examines the productivity of formal and informal retailers in Brazil by
simultaneously estimating a stochastic production frontier and an efficiency model for a …

This study analyses the cost-efficiency of Nigerian banks pre and post the consolidation
period. The researchers account for bank heterogeneity using the Bayesian random frontier …

The Nigerian banking consolidation process is examined using a dynamic panel for the
period 2000–2010. The Arellano and Bond dynamic general method of moment approach is …