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The Comparison of Efficiency and Performance of Portuguese and Ukrainian Enterprises

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  • Igor Britchenko
  • Ana Paula Monte
  • Igor Kryvovyazyuk
  • Lidiia Kryvoviaziuk

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This article intends to analyze the performance and the efficiency of companies and to identify the key factors that may explain it. It was selected a sample with 15 enterprises: 7 Portuguese and 8 Ukrainian ones, belonging to several industries. Financial and non-financial data was collected for 6 years, during the period of 2009 to 2014. Research questions that guided this work were: Are the enterprises efficient/profitable? What factors influence enterprises’ efficiency/performance? Is there any difference between Ukrainian and Portuguese enterprises’ efficiency/performance, which factors have more influence? Which industrial sector is represented by more efficient/profitable enterprises? The main results showed that in average enterprises were efficient with low level of profitability. According to gained results several indicators were highlighted so that companies would pay more attention to them.

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  • Igor Britchenko & Ana Paula Monte & Igor Kryvovyazyuk & Lidiia Kryvoviaziuk, 2018. "The Comparison of Efficiency and Performance of Portuguese and Ukrainian Enterprises," Economic Studies journal, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Economic Research Institute, issue 1, pages 87-108.
    • Handle: RePEc:bas:econst:y:2018:i:1:p:87-108
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    JEL classification:

    • D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • D29 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Other
    • D51 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Exchange and Production Economies
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration

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