One of the most important applications of data envelopment analysis tech-nique is measuring the efficiency of bank branches. Performance measure-ment in the banking industry is important for several groups, including bank managers, customers, investors, and shareholders. The purpose of this study is to examine and design a mixed structure to measure the efficiency of branches of Iranian banks a...

The banking sector mirrors the larger economy – its linkages to all sectors make it a proxy for what is happening in the economy as a whole. Efficient functioning of banking sector is required for the growth of overall economy. Banking plays a silent, yet crucial role in our day-to-day lives. The banks work as financial intermediaries, pooling savings and channelizing them into investment, help...

In today's competitive world, many manufacturing and service firms, including banks, have been forced to use new managerial approaches, and methods for assessing organizational performance. The Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach is one of these approaches, which has been used to evaluate the performance of organizations since 1978. The purpose of this research is to use the technology sup...

Although current technologies allow simple online banking transactions, it is vital to guarantee access bank branches both for customers and businesses. Banking branch interactions improve trust in institutions everyday situations emergencies. This research addresses the problem of location facilities. A set objective functions related socio-economic variables, geographical coverage bankers pre...

  This paper proposes a suitable benchmark for inefficient commercial bank branches by using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). In order to render an inefficient bank branch efficient, it is necessary to decrease inputs and increase outputs. As there are priorities for decreasing some certain inputs and increasing some certain outputs over other inputs and outputs, respectively, it is necessary ...

In this quasi-experimental study, we investigate whether bank branches implementing the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) outperform bank branches within the same banking organization on key financial measures. Although the BSC has gained popularity among managers as a performance measurement tool, little empirical evidence exists to substantiate claims that the BSC promotes superior financial performan...

SECTION 36 (c) (1) of the National Bank Act permits a national bank to establish branches within the city of the parent bank "if such establishment and operation are at the time expressly authorized to State banks by the law of the State."1 The quoted clause is also contained in section 36 (c) (2) which authorizes the establishment of national branches at any point in the state, expressly subje...