Proceedings of 11 th
Asian Business Research Conference
26-27 December, 2014, BIAM Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh, ISBN: 978-1-922069-68-9
Nasir Uddin
This thesis extends research and existing literature in the field in several ways: firstly, this study estimates Malmquist productivity change index for the corporate sectors in Bangladesh, in addition to estimating Malmquist productivity change index, the reasons of productivity change: whether technical efficiency change or technical progress change are also investigated and reported in order to improve the productivity. Moreover, a relationship study is conducted in order to check whether the Malmquist productivity change index and/or its component are correlated with the traditional measures of the corporate performance to whether they presents the same thing. The study suggests using Malmquist productivity change index as a proxy of corporate performance when checking the dependence of performance on leverage and leverage on performance. Finally, the study ends with the suggestions for the managers for the productivity improvements.
Keywords: Malmquist Productivity Change Index, Technical Efficiency Change, Technical
Progress, Proxy for Corporate Performance, Leverage and Efficiency.
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Nasir Uddin, Ph.D in Business Administration Candidate, Department of Business Administration, Yokohama
National University, Tokiwadai 79-4, Hodogaya-Ku, Yokohama 240-8501, JAPAN. Mobile: +81 (0)80 4890 3320. E-
Mail: uddin-nasir-xc@ynu.jp