본 연구의 목적은 농가의 사회·경제적 특성을 조사하여 대상 지역 쌀 생산의 기술적 효율성 수준을 분석하는 것이다. 또한 이 연구에서는 캄보디아의 쌀 생산성 수준에 영향을 미치는 요인들을 확인하고자 하였다. 이 연구에 사용된 정보는 2016년에 캄보디아 남부에 위치 하는 다케오주의 트람꺽군과 키리웡군에서 무작위로 선택된 80개의 농가를 면접 조사한 자료이다. 농가의 사회·경제적 특성을 조사하기 위하여 기술 관련 통계 자료가 활용되었다. 또한 inputorientation data envelopment analysis는 기술적 효율성 점수를 추정하는데 사용되었다. 더불어 Tobit regression은 쌀 생산의 효율성 수준에 영향을 미치는 요인을 확인하는데 사용되었다. 연구 결과에 따르면 연구 결과에 따르면 연구 분야 농가의 평균 기술 효율은 0.67인 반면, 쌀 생산업자들은 같은 생산 수준을 유지하면서도 투입 비용을 33% 절감할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 다케오주의 뜨람꺽군 및 키리웡군의 쌀 생산의 효율성 수준에 영향을 미치는 네 가지 요인이 발견되었다. 토빗 회귀분석 결과, 가장의 성별, 가장의 주요 직업, 쌀의 재배 횟수를 포함한 요인들이 기술적 효율성에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 반면 심어진 종자와 품종은 기술적 효율성에 부정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 추정되었다. 쌀 생산 규모의 효율성은 0.80로 분석되었으며, 이는 농민들이 적정 규모에 가깝게 운영 하고 있음을 나타낸다. 이는 생산관련 비효율의 원인이 투입 자원의 잘못된 배분이나 부적절한 사용으로 인한 것임을 의미 한다.

Using the Malmquist productivity index, this paper compares the productivity of Korean manufacturing industries from 1999 to 2006. The malmquist productivity index has more advantages than previous methods such as solow model, endogenous growth theory. The malmquist productivity index can be decomposed productivity into two parts. The first part is an index of the technical efficiency change. This index has high value when the elements of production is used more efficiently. The second part is an index of technical change. This index has high value if the advent of new technology and process innovation occur.

본 연구는 한국 제조업의 기업별 자료를 이용하여 확률적 생산함수를 추정한 다음, 우리나라의 주종 수출산업인 섬유산업과 전자산업의 기술적 효율성이 1980년대에 하락한 이유를 규명하기 위하여 동쪽산업내의 각 기업들의 기술적 효율성의 결정요인을 계량분석을 통해 분석하였다. 성장산업인 전자산업과 사양산업인 섬유산업의 산업내 (intra-industry) 기술적 효율성의 결정요인은 相異하였다. 성장산업인 전자산업의 경우, 상대적인 기업의 크기와 노동비용의 상대적 크기는 기술적 효율성과 각각 正의 관계를 보이고 있는 데 비해, 사양산업인 섬유산업의 경우, 총 매출액에서 수출이 차지하는 비중과 기술적 호율성은 正의 관계를 보인 데 反해, 총 생산비에서 노동비용이 차지하는 비중은 기술적 효율성과 負의 관계를 보였다. 즉 1980년대 섬유산업의 기술적 효율성이 하락한 중요한 요인은 동 산업의 수출부진과 상대적인 노동비용의 상승을 들 수 있으며, 성장산업인 전자산업의 경우는 일부 대기업의 집중도 심화가 동 산업의 평균적 기술적 효율성의 하락요인이 되었음을 알 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 경쟁의 촉진과 기업 집중도의 완화가 기술적 효율성을 향상시키는 데 중요하다는 점을 보여주고 있다.

This study investigates the impact of the country’s governance on the revenue efficiency of 108 Islamic banks from 26 countries offering Islamic banking and finance products services. The technical efficiencies of individual Islamic banks have been analyzed using the Data Envelopment Analysis method. The data will be pooled across the selected countries and utilize the intermediation approach. The Ordinary Least Square estimation method is employed to examine the impact of country supervision and regulation on the technical efficiency of Islamic banks. As robustness check, the study examines the impact of the level of bank regulations and supervision on the efficiency of Islamic banks operating in different income-level countries. The results found that the stricter the supervisory power, the less strict capital requirement, the tighter the restrictions on non-banking activities, and the stricter the private monitoring enhance statistically significantly the level of efficiency of Islamic banks. In upgrading the regulations and supervision of the Islamic banks, the existing regulatory framework based on the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) must be complemented with the prescriptions on Islamic banking or Shariah compliance diligently, so that the Islamic banks could be regulated accurately and further improve the technical efficiency of their operations.

This study investigates the impact of the country’s governance on the revenue efficiency in the banking sectors of 42 Islamic banks in 15 countries offering Islamic banking and financial services. Technical efficiencies of individual Islamic banks were analyzed using the Data Envelopment Analysis method. The Ordinary Least Square estimation method is employed to examine the impact of country supervision and regulation on the technical efficiency of Islamic banks. With robustness check, the study assesses the impact of bank regulations and supervision on the efficiency of Islamic banks operating in different regions. The empirical findings suggest that supervisory power, activity restrictions, and private monitoring positively influence the efficiency of Islamic banks. On the other hand, we observe a negative impact of capital requirement on Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries. The findings indicate that supervisory power, activity restrictions, and private monitoring positively influence the efficiency of Islamic banks in Asia, but vice versa on capital requirement in MENA countries. This study will contribute to the body of knowledge by assessing the types of reforms in bank regulations and supervision that work best for Islamic banks in order to increase the level of efficiency and the level of regulations and supervision of Islamic banks.

This study focused on researching the factors affecting retail banking efficiency of Vietcombank branches in the Mekong-Delta region. By collecting data from financial statements from 15 branches of VCB in the Mekong-Delta Region between 2015 and 2018, the paper applies DEA estimation to measure the effectiveness of retail banking activities and uses the Tobit regression model to identify factors affecting retail banking efficiency. The results demonstrate that the retail banking efficiency of branches averaged 52.5% during the period. The rating result shows the branches in An Giang, Can Tho, Dong Thap, Kien Giang, Long An, Phu Quoc and Tra Noc rank at the top technical efficiency. In group of medium efficiency, there are branches in Soc Trang, Tien Giang and Vinh Long. In the category of the poor efficiency are the branches in Bac Lieu, Ben Tre, Ca Mau, Chau Doc and Tra Vinh. The results also show that bank scale-related factors, capital adequacy, credit quality, time specific and region impact significantly the retail banking efficiency. The research not, only contributes to enriching the empirical research method but also is significant for the management activities in business developing strategies, improving the operational efficiency of Vietcombank in the region.

Banks play a crucial role in bringing stability and economic development through their expected contribution in proper financial resource mobilisation across the economy. Despite the importance, there is little focus in recent literature which provided the empirical evidence how the global financial crisis affect the bank efficiency in Bangladesh. Thus, this paper aims to examine the effect of the global financial crisis and other factors on the efficiency of Bangladesh commercial banks. By employing the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method, we computed the technical efficiency of individual banks operating in the Bangladesh banking sector during 2000 to 2013. The empirical findings indicate that the Bangladesh banking sector has exhibited the highest efficiency level during 2001, while efficiency seems to be at the lowest level during 2010. The study finds that crisis along with bank size, capital adequacy ratio, return on average equity and real interest rate have a significant effect on bank efficiency in Bangladesh. In order to keep the sound financial development of Bangladesh, banks operating in the Bangladesh banking sector have to consider all the potential technologies which could improve their profit efficiency levels, since the main motive of banks is to maximise shareholders’ value or wealth through profit maximisation.

The growth of the Waste-to-Energy (WTE) industry is attracting attention as a powerful means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions; the Korean government is supporting various efforts such as increasing R&D investment. Despite the importance of the WTE industry, the analysis of R&D efficiency remains insufficient. This study analyzes the R&D efficiency of the Korean WTE industry and its determinants. After R&D activities are separated into input and output, R&D efficiency is analyzed with regard to whether R&D input contributes to increased R&D output using multiple regression and logistic regression methodologies based on the survey of Korean WTE firms. In the results of analysis, the introduction of new products and services was positively affected by R&D manpower and education-training. In addition, the redesign of products and processes was positively affected by R&D expenditure, R&D manpower, education-training, and the reward system. The policy implication is that education and training for R&D manpower should be provided to improve R&D efficiency, and there should be investment in basic and applied research and development research should be expanded to gain global compETitiveness.