Ebook: Productivity in the Financial Service Sector

The European Money and Finance Forum. — Vienna: SUERF, 2009. — 326 с. — ISBN: 978-3-902109-49-1.Contents:
Introduction
Opening Remarks
Do Mergers Improve Bank Productivity and Performance?
Sizing up Performance Measures in the Financial Services Sector
Banking on Lean – A Practitioner’s View on Productivity in European Banking
Integration and Efficiency in EU Banking Markets
Measuring the Output of the Banking Sector: Shortcomings of the Current European Methodology and New Perspectives
Bank Productivity and Efficiency in Luxembourg: Malmquist Indices from a Parametric Output Distance Function
Internal Wage Structure and Bank Performance
Impact of ICT and Human Skills on the European Financial Intermediation Sector
Are There Any EU Membership-Related Efficiency Enhancements in Banking Sectors of the New EU Member States Detectable?
How Output Diversification Affects Bank Efficiency and Risk: An Intra-EU Comparison Study
The Effect of the Environment on Profit Efficiency of Bank Branches
Efficiency and Productivity of Russian Banks: Distinguishing Heterogeneity and Performance
Practices as a Business Strategy for Improving Productivity: Summary of a Panel Discussion