aBstraCt In this document it is analyzed the importance of contracts for coordination between two companies in a supply chain. In the studied situation, one company, or supplier, supplies one product to the other company, who is a retailer. The companies are going to coordinate by two types of decisions: economic (concerning prices fixed on a contract), and physical exchange (concerning the inv...

This study estimates the multi-component efficiency of banks under financial holding companies, including profitability and marketability efficiencies, by utilizing a RAM (Range-adjusted measure) variation model. The analysis process uses the three-dimensional BCG (Boston Consulting Group) matrix created by this study. We find that although semi-publicly-owned banks under financial holding comp...

In this paper the performance of a sample of German companies is measured by comparing the initially invested capital adjusted for cost of capital, dividends paid, share repurchases and equity raised with the market value at the end of the holding period. All possible holding periods between 1987 and 2000 are covered. The sample is subdivided into companies listed in the DAX-, MDAXand SMAX-inde...

In this paper the performance of a sample of German companies is measured by comparing the initially invested capital adjusted for cost of capital, dividends paid, share repurchases and equity raised with the market value at the end of the holding period. All possible holding periods between 1987 and 2000 are covered. The sample is subdivided into companies listed in the DAX-, MDAXand SMAX-inde...