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T1 Profit efficiency and its determinants in small and medium-sized enterprises in Spain
A1 Arbelo Pérez, Marta
A1 Pérez Gómez, María del Pilar
A1 Arbelo Álvarez, Antonio Manuel
A2 Dirección de Empresas e Historia Económica
A2 Grupo de investigación: Eficiencia y ventaja competitiva.
Instituto de investigación: Instituto Universitario de la Empresa (IUDE).
K1 Profit efficiency
K1 Stochastic frontier
K1 SMEs
AB This paper estimates profit efficiency and its determinants in small and mediumsized manufacturing enterprises in Spain. The stochastic frontier methodology and the model proposed by Battese and Coelli (1995) were used to determine the impact of the technological and environmental differences between these companies on their efficiency. The results indicate that the average profit efficiency of food SMEs is 49.37%. The results also reveal that company size, export orientation, government assistance and labour productivity are all positively related to the efficiency of food SMEs; age, however, is negatively related. Finally, the strategic implications of these findings are discussed.
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/38737
UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/38737
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DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 17-feb-2025