This paper empirically investigates the x-eciency (technical and allocative) in Australian banks. A non-parametric method of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has been used to arrive at the eciency scores. Banks in this sample were found to have low levels of overall eciency compared with the banks in the European countries and in the US. The results indicate that, as a source of overall inec...

The conventional de nition of e ciency of a parallel program is based on the assumption that nodes are homogeneous and exclusively available for the tasks of the program. In this paper we present a more general de nition of e ciency, omitting the assumptions of homogeneity and exclusivity. This de nition can be applied to parallel programs e.g. in multi-user environments or to isolated parts of...

This paper develops a theory in which shocks to the effi ciency of information acquisition by financial intermediation translate into business cycle fluctuations via capital reallocation. In our theory, under costly verification, the bank chooses to only monitor the returns of those entrepreneurs with insuffi cient net worth. This distorts the existing capital allocation among entrepreneurs of ...

We introduce an ordinal model of e ciency measurement. Our primitive is a notion of e ciency that is comparative, but not cardinal or absolute. In this framework, we postulate axioms that we believe an ordinal e ciency measure should satisfy. Primary among these are choice consistency and planning consistency, which guide the measurement of e ciency in a firm with access to multiple technologie...

The article systematizes the concept of small business and conducts research to determine relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) development. purpose study is test identify which external or internal elements CSR most strongly aff ect businesses. main goal our work show how ects effi ciency company. Methodology. data 100 businesses were analyzed through a questionnaire. We d...

LVCSR performance is consistently poor on low-pro ciency non-native speech. While gains from speaker adaptation can often bring recognizer performance on highpro ciency non-native speakers close to that seen for native speakers [12], recognition for lower-pro ciency speakers remains low even after individual speaker adaptation [2]. The challenge for accent adaptation is to maximize recognizer p...

There are a number of driving forces behind energy e$ciency. In recent times, the Kyoto Protocol has been the most prominent in bringing energy e$ciency to the fore. In some countries, the domestic sector has been highlighted as an area which has a signi"cant potential for improvement. However, prior to the implementation of large-scale energy-e$ciency programmes, it is important to evaluate wh...

This study assessed the technical effi ciency of family poultry production in NigerDelta, Nigeria. The technical effi ciency estimate shows that the technical effi ciency of family poultry ranges between 0.09 and 0.63, with mean of 0.22. This indicates that on the average, the respondents are 22% effi cient in the use of combination of their inputs. The elasticity estimate of 12.29 indicates th...

Vitamin D defi ciency is an increasingly important worldwide issue. It is estimated that one billion people worldwide have vitamin D defi ciency or insuffi ciency.1 Vitamin D defi ciency has been linked to a multitude of problems across the lifespan. The importance of vitamin D and calcium absorption has been well documented. What remains unclear is the role of vitamin D in osteoporotic fractur...