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Determinants of Technical Efficiency in Small Firms

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  1. Derya Fındık & Aysıt Tansel, 2013. "Intangible investment and Technical efficiency: The case of software-intensive manufacturing firms in Turkey," EY International Congress on Economics I (EYC2013), October 24-25, 2013, Ankara, Turkey 235, Ekonomik Yaklasim Association.
  2. Francesco Quatraro & Marco Vivarelli, 2015. "Drivers of Entrepreneurship and Post-entry Performance of Newborn Firms in Developing Countries," The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank, vol. 30(2), pages 277-305.
  3. Josep Mª Argilés Bosch & Josep García Blandón, 2011. "The influence of size on cost behaviour associated with tactical and operational flexibility," Estudios de Economia, University of Chile, Department of Economics, vol. 38(2 Year 20), pages 419-455, December.
  4. Tariq Mahmood & Ejaz Ghani & Musleh-Ud Din, 2006. "Efficiency of Large-scale Manufacturing in Pakistan: A Production Frontier Approach," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 45(4), pages 689-700.
  5. Ferrara, Giancarlo & Bucci, Valeria & Campagna, Arianna, 2023. "Audit, presumptive taxation and efficiency: An integrated approach for tax compliance analysis," Economic Systems, Elsevier, vol. 47(3).
  6. Goldberg , Mike & Palladini, Eric, 2008. "Chile : a strategy to promote innovative small and medium enterprises," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4518, The World Bank.
  7. Ibarrarán, Pablo & Maffioli, Alessandro & Stucchi, Rodolfo, 2009. "SME Policy and Firms’ Productivity in Latin America," IZA Discussion Papers 4486, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  8. Baumann, Julian & Kritikos, Alexander S., 2016. "The link between R&D, innovation and productivity: Are micro firms different?," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 45(6), pages 1263-1274.
  9. Mallikarjun, Sreekanth, 2015. "Efficiency of US airlines: A strategic operating model," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 43(C), pages 46-56.
  10. Justin van der Sluis & Mirjam van Praag & Wim Vijverberg, 2003. "Entrepreneurship Selection and Performance," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 03-046/3, Tinbergen Institute, revised 24 Sep 2004.
  11. Daniel Attah-Kyei & Charles Andoh & Saint Kuttu, 2023. "Risk, technical efficiency and capital requirements of Ghanaian insurers," Risk Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 25(4), pages 1-27, December.
  12. Barros, Carlos P. & Liang, Qi Bin & Peypoch, Nicolas, 2013. "The technical efficiency of US Airlines," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 139-148.
  13. Verena Rieger & Jana Wilken & Andreas Engelen, 2023. "Career Booster or Dead End? Entrepreneurial Failure and Its Consequences for Subsequent Corporate Careers," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 60(4), pages 800-833, June.
  14. Badunenko, Oleg & Fritsch, Michael & Stephan, Andreas, 2008. "Allocative efficiency measurement revisited--Do we really need input prices?," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 25(5), pages 1093-1109, September.
  15. Quatraro, Francesco & Vivarelli, Marco, 2013. "Entrepreneurship In A Developing Country Context," Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis LEI & BRICK - Laboratory of Economics of Innovation "Franco Momigliano", Bureau of Research in Innovation, Complexity and Knowledge, Collegio 201314, University of Turin.
  16. Horvath, Akos & Lang, Peter, 2021. "Do loan subsidies boost the real activity of small firms?," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 122(C).
  17. Andrea BONFIGLIO, 2006. "Efficiency and Productivity Changes of the Italian Agrifood Cooperatives: a Malmquist Index Analysis," Working Papers 250, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche (I), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali.
  18. World Bank, 2004. "Chile : A Strategy to Promote Innovative Small and Medium Enterprises," World Bank Publications - Reports 14352, The World Bank Group.
  19. Chen, Zhongfei & Barros, Carlos Pestana & Borges, Maria Rosa, 2015. "A Bayesian stochastic frontier analysis of Chinese fossil-fuel electricity generation companies," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 136-144.
  20. Mircea Epure & Diego Prior & Christian Serarols, 2016. "Assessing Technology-Based Spin-offs from University Support Units," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(3), pages 411-428, March.
  21. Hery Purnomo Tunggal & Tati Suhartati Joesron, 2019. "Technical Efficiency Analysis Of Indonesian Small And Micro Industries: A Stochastic Frontier Approach," Working Papers in Economics and Development Studies (WoPEDS) 201903, Department of Economics, Padjadjaran University, revised Nov 2019.
  22. Barros, Carlos P. & Chen, Zhongfei & Liang, Qi Bin & Peypoch, Nicolas, 2011. "Technical efficiency in the Chinese banking sector," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 28(5), pages 2083-2089, September.
  23. Youngbok Ryu & Toshiyuki Sueyoshi, 2021. "Examining the Relationship between the Economic Performance of Technology-Based Small Suppliers and Socially Sustainable Procurement," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(13), pages 1-23, June.
  24. Isidoro GUZMÁN & Narciso ARCAS, 2008. "The Usefulness Of Accounting Information In The Measurement Of Technical Efficiency In Agricultural Cooperatives," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 79(1), pages 107-131, March.
  25. Daniel Sotelsek & Leopoldo Laborda, 2010. "Technical Efficiency and Value Chain of Eastern European Union Companies: An Empirical Application using Semi-Parametric Frontier Methods," Working Papers 04/10, Instituto Universitario de Análisis Económico y Social.
  26. Cruz-Cázares, Claudio & Bayona-Sáez, Cristina & García-Marco, Teresa, 2013. "You can’t manage right what you can’t measure well: Technological innovation efficiency," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 42(6), pages 1239-1250.
  27. Amornkitvikai, Yot & Harvie, Charles, 2016. "The Impact of Finance on the Performance of Thai Manufacturing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises," ADBI Working Papers 576, Asian Development Bank Institute.
  28. Denila Jinny Arulraj & Thillai Rajan Annamalai, 0. "Firms’ Financing Choices and Firm Productivity: Evidence from an Emerging Economy," International Journal of Global Business and Competitiveness, Springer, vol. 0, pages 1-14.
  29. Nichter, Simeon & Goldmark, Lara, 2009. "Small Firm Growth in Developing Countries," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 37(9), pages 1453-1464, September.
  30. Mariarosaria Agostino & Sabrina Ruberto & Francesco Trivieri, 2018. "Lasting lending relationships and technical efficiency. Evidence on European SMEs," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 50(1), pages 25-40, October.
  31. Oleg Badunenko, 2010. "Downsizing in the German chemical manufacturing industry during the 1990s. Why is small beautiful?," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 34(4), pages 413-431, May.
  32. Ku-Hsieh Chen & Pei-Hwa Chen & Julie Ann Elston & Yingchao Zhang, 2023. "Are family firms more efficient? Revisiting the U-shaped curve of scale and efficiency," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 61(3), pages 983-1008, October.
  33. Michael Fritsch & Andreas Stephan, 2007. "Die Heterogenität der Effizienz innerhalb von Branchen: eine Auswertung von Unternehmensdaten der Kostenstrukturerhebung im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe," Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 76(3), pages 59-75.
  34. Musleh-ud Din & Ejaz Ghani & Tariq Mahmood, 2007. "Technical Efficiency of Pakistan s Manufacturing Sector: A Stochastic Frontier and Data Envelopment Analysis," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 46(1), pages 1-18.
  35. Kashika Arora & Areej A. Siddiqui & Biswajit Nag, 2020. "Devevloping Linkages Between Export Guarantees And Technical Efficiency Of Indian Firms," Working Papers 2045, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade.
  36. Unger, Jens M. & Rauch, Andreas & Frese, Michael & Rosenbusch, Nina, 2011. "Human capital and entrepreneurial success: A meta-analytical review," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 26(3), pages 341-358, May.
  37. Michael Danquah & Kunal Sen, 2022. "Informal institutions, transaction risk, and firm productivity in Myanmar," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 58(3), pages 1721-1737, March.
  38. Padmavathi N, 2019. "Technical efficiency of unorganised food processing industry in India: A stochastic frontier analysis," Working Papers 449, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore.
  39. Tran, Viet T. & Nguyen, Trung Thanh & Tran, Nguyet T.M., 2019. "Gender difference in access to local finance and firm performance: Evidence from a panel survey in Vietnam," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 63(C), pages 150-164.
  40. Wolday Amha, 2016. "Growth of Youth-owned MSEs in Ethiopia: Characteristics, Determinants and Challenges," Ethiopian Journal of Economics, Ethiopian Economics Association, vol. 24(2), August.
  41. Marc Cowling & George Tanewski, 2019. "On the productive efficiency of Australian businesses: firm size and age class effects," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 53(3), pages 739-752, October.
  42. Agostino, Mariarosaria & Nifo, Annamaria & Trivieri, Francesco & Vecchione, Gaetano, 2016. "Total factor productivity heterogeneity: channelling the impact of institutions," MPRA Paper 72759, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  43. Rajesh Raj S.N., 2011. "Technical Efficiency in the Informal Manufacturing Sector," Journal of South Asian Development, , vol. 6(2), pages 213-232, October.
  44. Oleg Badunenko, 2007. "Downsizing in German Chemical Manufacturing Industry during the 1990s: Why Small Is Beautiful?," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 722, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
  45. Aysa Ipek Erdogan, 2023. "Drivers of SME Growth: Quantile Regression Evidence From Developing Countries," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(1), pages 21582440231, March.
  46. Mariarosaria Agostino & Ercan Enzo Comert & Federica Demaria & Sabrina Ruberto, 2024. "What kinds of subsidies affect technical efficiency? The case of Italian dairy farms," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 40(1), pages 116-138, January.
  47. Teerawat Charoenrat & Charles Harvie, 2017. "The Performance of Thai Manufacturing SMEs: Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Approach," Global Business Review, International Management Institute, vol. 18(5), pages 1178-1198, October.
  48. José Contreras & Andrés Santeliz & Oscar Carvallo, 2012. "Patterns of technical efficiency in the Venezuelan manufacturing sector (2007)," Economía, Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales (IIES). Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales. Universidad de Los Andes. Mérida, Venezuela, vol. 37(34), pages 121-137, july-dece.
  49. Le, Viet & Vu, Xuan-Binh (Benjamin) & Nghiem, Son, 2018. "Technical efficiency of small and medium manufacturing firms in Vietnam: A stochastic meta-frontier analysis," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 84-91.
  50. Barros, Carlos Pestana & Wanke, Peter, 2014. "Banking efficiency in Brazil," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Elsevier, vol. 28(C), pages 54-65.
  51. Mariarosaria Agostino & Emanuele Brancati & Anna Giunta & Domenico Scalera & Francesco Trivieri, 2020. "Firms' efficiency and global value chains: An empirical investigation on Italian industry," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 43(4), pages 1000-1033, April.
  52. Josep M. Argilés-Bosch & Josep Garcia-Blandón & Diego Ravenda & Mónica Martínez-Blasco, 2018. "An empirical analysis of the curvilinear relationship between slack and firm performance," Journal of Management Control: Zeitschrift für Planung und Unternehmenssteuerung, Springer, vol. 29(3), pages 361-397, December.
  53. Lassana Cissokho, 2020. "The Productivity Cost of Power Outages for Manufacturing Small and Medium Enterprises in Senegal," Working Papers 397, African Economic Research Consortium, Research Department.
  54. ferrara, giancarlo & campagna, arianna & bucci, valeria & atella, vincenzo, 2021. "Presumptive taxation and firms’ efficiency: an integrated approach for tax compliance analysis," MPRA Paper 111516, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  55. Girma Jirata Duguma & Jiqin Han, 2021. "Effect of deposit mobilization on the technical efficiency of rural saving and credit cooperatives: Evidence from Ethiopia," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 92(4), pages 621-647, December.
  56. Shamsuzzoha & Makoto Tanaka, 2021. "The role of human capital on the performance of manufacturing firms in Bangladesh," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 42(1), pages 21-33, January.
  57. Charoenrat, Teerawat & Harvie, Charles, 2014. "The efficiency of SMEs in Thai manufacturing: A stochastic frontier analysis," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 43(C), pages 372-393.
  58. Pestana Barros, Carlos & Sequeira Antunes, Olinda, 2011. "Performance assessment of Portuguese wind farms: Ownership and managerial efficiency," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 39(6), pages 3055-3063, June.
  59. Chih-Hai Yang & Ku-Hsieh Chen, 2009. "Are small firms less efficient?," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 32(4), pages 375-395, April.
  60. Derya Findik & Aysit Tansel, 2015. "​ Intangible Investment and Technical Efficiency: The Case of Software-Intensive Manufacturing Firms in Turkey," Working Papers 2015/11, Turkish Economic Association.
  61. Denila Jinny Arulraj & Thillai Rajan Annamalai, 2020. "Firms’ Financing Choices and Firm Productivity: Evidence from an Emerging Economy," International Journal of Global Business and Competitiveness, Springer, vol. 15(1), pages 35-48, June.
  62. Richard E.O Pearce & Abdullah Bah, 2024. "Estimation of Efficiency and the Effect of Access to Finance on Efficiency of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMES) in the Western area of Sierra Leone," Journal of Applied Finance & Banking, SCIENPRESS Ltd, vol. 14(1), pages 1-1.
  63. Kanematsu, Simon Y. & Carvalho, Ney P. & Martinhon, Carlos A. & Almeida, Mariana R., 2020. "Ranking using η-efficiency and relative size measures based on DEA," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
  64. Fangqing Wei & Yi Yang & Yao Chen & Feng Yang, 2022. "The effects of venture capital investments on industrial innovative opportunities and technological arbitrage opportunities," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 58(4), pages 2261-2280, April.
  65. Yu, Ming-Miin & Chen, Li-Hsueh & Chiang, Hui, 2017. "The effects of alliances and size on airlines’ dynamic operational performance," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 197-214.
  66. Adugna Lemi & Ian Wright, 2020. "Exports, foreign ownership, and firm-level efficiency in Ethiopia and Kenya: an application of the stochastic frontier model," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 58(2), pages 669-698, February.
  67. Aleksandra Stoiljković & Slavica Tomić & Bojan Leković & Ozren Uzelac & Nikola V. Ćurčić, 2024. "The Impact of Capital Structure on the Performance of Serbian Manufacturing Companies: Application of Agency Cost Theory," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(2), pages 1-25, January.
  68. Elhem Ben Fatma & Ezzeddine Ben Mohamed & Léo-Paul Dana & Sami Boudabbous, 2021. "Does entrepreneurs’ psychology affect their business venture success? Empirical findings from North Africa," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 17(2), pages 921-962, June.
  69. Antonio Arbelo & Marta Arbelo-Pérez & Pilar Pérez-Gómez, 2022. "Are SMEs less efficient? A Bayesian approach to addressing heterogeneity across firms," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 58(4), pages 1915-1929, April.
  70. Tariq Mahmood & Ejaz Ghani & Musleh Ud Din, 2015. "Are Our Export-Oriented Industries Technically More Efficient?," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 54(2), pages 97-121.
  71. Ahmed D. Alatawi & Louis W. Niessen & Jahangir A. M. Khan, 2020. "Determinants of Technical Efficiency in Public Hospitals: The Case of Saudi Arabia," Health Economics Review, Springer, vol. 10(1), pages 1-11, December.
  72. Anthony N. Rezitis & Maria A. Kalantzi, 2016. "Investigating Technical Efficiency and Its Determinants by Data Envelopment Analysis: An Application in the Greek Food and Beverages Manufacturing Industry," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 32(2), pages 254-271, April.
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