{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,13]],"date-time":"2026-04-13T04:09:11Z","timestamp":1776053351808,"version":"3.50.1"},"reference-count":46,"publisher":"Springer Science and Business Media LLC","issue":"1","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2006,2,1]],"date-time":"2006-02-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1138752000000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/www.springer.com\/tdm"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["cent.eur.j.oper.res."],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2006,2]]},"DOI":"10.1007\/s10100-006-0158-5","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2006,10,26]],"date-time":"2006-10-26T11:04:04Z","timestamp":1161860644000},"page":"25-44","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":54,"title":["Assessing performance factors in the UK banking sector: A multicriteria methodology"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"K.","family":"Kosmidou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"F.","family":"Pasiouras","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"M.","family":"Doumpos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"C.","family":"Zopounidis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","reference":[{"key":"158_CR1","volume-title":"Application of Classification Techniques in Business, Banking and Finance","author":"El. Altman","year":"1981","unstructured":"Altman, El., Avery R., Eisenbeis R. and Stinkey, J. (1981) Application of Classification Techniques in Business, Banking and Finance, Greenwich: JAI Press."},{"key":"158_CR2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"33","DOI":"10.1016\/0378-4266(87)90020-3","volume":"11","author":"N. Arshadi","year":"1987","unstructured":"Arshadi N. and Lawrence E. C. (1987) An Empirical Investigation of New Bank Performance, Journal of Banking & Finance, 11, 33\u201348.","journal-title":"Journal of Banking & Finance"},{"key":"158_CR3","unstructured":"Athanassopoulos A. (2000) Assessing the efficiency in operations of bank branch networks using data envelopment analysis: an illustrative application to a specialized mortgage bank, Conference Proceedings, European Financial Management Association Conference, Athens."},{"issue":"2","key":"158_CR4","first-page":"81","volume":"30","author":"A. Athanassopoulos","year":"2000","unstructured":"Athanassopoulos A., Giokas D. (2000) On-going use of data envelopment analysis in banking institutions: Evidence from the Commerical Bank of Greece, Interfaces, 30,2: 81\u201395.","journal-title":"Evidence from the Commerical Bank of Greece, Interfaces"},{"key":"158_CR5","unstructured":"Bank of England, Institutions included within the United Kingdome banking sector (at 31st December 2002)\u2014nationality analysis, available at: http:\/\/www.bankofengland.co.uk\/mfsd\/ms\/030303\/bklist.doc."},{"key":"158_CR6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"37","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1468-5957.1983.tb00411.x","volume":"10","author":"P. Barnes","year":"1983","unstructured":"Barnes P., Dodds C. (1983) The structure and performance of the UK building society industry 1970-78, Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting, 10: 37\u201356.","journal-title":"Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting"},{"issue":"6","key":"158_CR7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"647","DOI":"10.1287\/mnsc.31.6.647","volume":"31","author":"JP. Brans","year":"1985","unstructured":"Brans JP., Vincke Ph. (1985) A preference ranking organization method. Management Science, 31, 6: 647\u2013656.","journal-title":"Management Science"},{"key":"158_CR8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2350","DOI":"10.1214\/aos\/1032181158","volume":"24","author":"L. Brieman","year":"1996","unstructured":"Brieman L. (1996) Heuristics of instability and stabilization in model selection. Annals of Statistics 24: 2350\u20132383.","journal-title":"Annals of Statistics"},{"key":"158_CR9","first-page":"31","volume":"55","author":"J.C.B. Cooper","year":"1980","unstructured":"Cooper J.C.B. (1980) Economies of scale in the UK building society industry, Investment Analysis, 55: 31\u201336.","journal-title":"Investment Analysis"},{"issue":"5","key":"158_CR10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"565","DOI":"10.1016\/S0378-4266(98)00025-9","volume":"22","author":"R. DeYoung","year":"1998","unstructured":"DeYoung R., Hasan I. (1998) The Performance of De Novo Commercial Banks: A Profit Efficiency Approach. Journal of Banking & Finance, 22, 5: 565\u2013587.","journal-title":"Journal of Banking & Finance"},{"key":"158_CR11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"378","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejor.2003.06.011","volume":"58","author":"M. Doumpos","year":"2004","unstructured":"Doumpos M., Zopounidis C. (2004) A multicriteria classification approach based on pairwise comparison. European Journal of Operational Research, 58: 378\u2013389.","journal-title":"European Journal of Operational Research"},{"key":"158_CR12","volume-title":"Multicriteria Decision Aid Classification Methods","author":"M. Doumpos","year":"2002","unstructured":"Doumpos M., Zopounidis C. (2002) Multicriteria Decision Aid Classification Methods, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers."},{"key":"158_CR13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"557","DOI":"10.1080\/096031001752236825","volume":"11","author":"L. Drake","year":"2001","unstructured":"Drake L. (2001) Efficiency and productivity change in UK banking, Applied Financial Economics, 11: 557\u2013571.","journal-title":"Applied Financial Economics"},{"key":"158_CR14","volume-title":"Pattern Classification","author":"RO Duda","year":"2001","unstructured":"Duda RO, Hart P.E., Stork D.G. (2001) Pattern Classification, 2nd Edition, New York: John Wiley.","edition":"2nd Edition"},{"key":"158_CR15","series-title":"Single Market Review, subseries II","volume-title":"Impact on services: credit institutions and banking","author":"European Commission","year":"1997","unstructured":"European Commission (1997) Impact on services: credit institutions and banking, Single Market Review, subseries II, vol. 4, London: Office for Official Publication of the European Communities and Kogan Page Earthscan."},{"key":"158_CR16","unstructured":"Financial Stability Review (2000) The financial stability conjuncture and outlook. The UK financial system, December."},{"key":"158_CR17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"393","DOI":"10.1016\/0304-3932(84)90041-2","volume":"13","author":"T. Gilligann","year":"1984","unstructured":"Gilligann T., Smirlock M., Marshall W. (1984) Scale and Scope Economics in the Multi-Product Banking Firm. Journal of Monetary Economics, 13: 393\u2013405.","journal-title":"Journal of Monetary Economics"},{"issue":"6","key":"158_CR18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"549","DOI":"10.1016\/0305-0483(91)90005-E","volume":"19","author":"D. Giokas","year":"1991","unstructured":"Giokas D. (1991) Bank branch operating efficiency: A comparative application of DEA and the loglinear model, Omega, 19, 6: 549\u2013557.","journal-title":"Omega"},{"key":"158_CR19","unstructured":"Goddard J., Molyneyx Ph., Wilson J. (2001) European Banking, John Wiley and Sons, Ltd."},{"key":"158_CR20","volume-title":"The Bank Credit Analysis Handbook: A Guide for Analysts, Bankers and Investors","author":"J. Golin","year":"2001","unstructured":"Golin J. (2001) The Bank Credit Analysis Handbook: A Guide for Analysts, Bankers and Investors, New York: John Wiley and Sons."},{"key":"158_CR21","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"185","DOI":"10.1080\/758529061","volume":"11","author":"J. Golin","year":"1979","unstructured":"Golin J. (1979) Building societies mergers and the size of the efficiency relationship, Applied Economics, 11: 185\u2013194.","journal-title":"Applied Economics"},{"key":"158_CR22","first-page":"7","volume":"11","author":"C. D. Hardy","year":"1998","unstructured":"Hardy C. D., Simigiannis G. T. (1998) Competitiveness and Effectiveness of the Greek Banking System, Economic Review of the Bank of Greece, 11: 7\u201330.","journal-title":"Economic Review of the Bank of Greece"},{"key":"158_CR23","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1291","DOI":"10.1080\/758522325","volume":"21","author":"P. Hardwick","year":"1989","unstructured":"Hardwick P. (1989) Economies of scale in building societies, Applied Economics, 21: 1291\u20131304.","journal-title":"Applied Economics"},{"key":"158_CR24","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"446","DOI":"10.1093\/oxfordjournals.oep.a041956","volume":"42","author":"P. Hardwick","year":"1990","unstructured":"Hardwick P. (1990), Multi-product cost attributes: a study of the UK building societies, Oxford Economic Papers, 42: 446\u2013461.","journal-title":"Oxford Economic Papers"},{"key":"158_CR25","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"504","DOI":"10.2307\/1992434","volume":"22","author":"W. C. Hunter","year":"1990","unstructured":"Hunter W. C., Timme S. G., Yang W. K. (1990) An Examination of Cost Subadditivity and Multiproduct Production in Large U.S. Commercial Banks. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 22: 504\u2013525.","journal-title":"Journal of Money, Credit and Banking"},{"key":"158_CR26","unstructured":"International Financial Services, City Business Series 2000 and 2002, Banking, available at: http:\/\/www.ifsl.org.uk."},{"key":"158_CR27","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"151","DOI":"10.1016\/0377-2217(82)90155-2","volume":"10","author":"E. Jacquet-Lagr\u00e8ze","year":"1982","unstructured":"Jacquet-Lagr\u00e8ze E., Siskos Y. (1982) Assessing a set of additive utility functions for multicriteria decision making: The UTA method, European Journal of Operational Research, 10: 151\u2013164.","journal-title":"European Journal of Operational Research"},{"key":"158_CR28","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"233","DOI":"10.1016\/S0377-2217(00)00035-7","volume":"130","author":"E. Jacquet-Lagr\u00e8ze","year":"2001","unstructured":"Jacquet-Lagr\u00e8ze E., Siskos Y. (2001) Preference disaggregation: Twenty years of MCDA experience. European Journal of Operational Research, 130: 233\u2013245.","journal-title":"European Journal of Operational Research"},{"key":"158_CR29","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"427","DOI":"10.1016\/S0378-4266(98)00085-5","volume":"23","author":"J. Jayaratne","year":"1999","unstructured":"Jayaratne J., Wolken J. (1999) How Important are Small Banks to Small Business Lending? New Evidence from a Survey of Small Firms, Journal of Banking & Finance, 23: 427\u2013458.","journal-title":"Journal of Banking & Finance"},{"key":"158_CR30","unstructured":"Kohavi R. (1995) A study of cross-validation and bootstrap for accuracy estimation and model selection, International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (available at: http:\/\/robotics.stanford.edu\/\u2248ronnyk\/)."},{"issue":"6","key":"158_CR31","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1003","DOI":"10.1016\/0378-4266(95)00040-2","volume":"20","author":"G. Lang","year":"1996","unstructured":"Lang G., Welzel P., (1996) Efficiency and Technical Progress in Banking Empirical Results for a Panel of German Cooperative Banks, Journal of Banking & Finance, 20, 6: 1003\u20131023.","journal-title":"Journal of Banking & Finance"},{"key":"158_CR32","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"505","DOI":"10.1080\/000368497326994","volume":"29","author":"S. Miller","year":"1997","unstructured":"Miller S., Noulas A. (1997) Portfolio Mix and Large-Bank Profitability in the USA, Applied Economics, 29: 505\u2013512.","journal-title":"Applied Economics"},{"key":"158_CR33","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"495","DOI":"10.1016\/0378-4266(95)00017-8","volume":"20","author":"S. Miller","year":"1996","unstructured":"Miller S., Noulas A. (1996) The Technical Efficiency of Large Banks Production, Journal of Banking & Finance, 20, 3: 495\u2013509.","journal-title":"Journal of Banking & Finance"},{"key":"158_CR34","volume-title":"Efficiency in European Banking","author":"P. Molyneux","year":"1996","unstructured":"Molyneux P., Altunbas Y., Gardener EPM (1996) Efficiency in European Banking, Chichester: John Wiley and Sons."},{"issue":"2","key":"158_CR35","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"157","DOI":"10.1023\/A:1008210427517","volume":"12","author":"V. Mousseau","year":"1998","unstructured":"Mousseau V., Slowinski R. (1998) Inferring an ELECTRE-TRI model from assignment examples, Journal of Global Optimization, 12, 2: 157\u2013174.","journal-title":"Journal of Global Optimization"},{"issue":"7\u20138","key":"158_CR36","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"757","DOI":"10.1016\/S0305-0548(99)00117-3","volume":"27","author":"V. Mousseau","year":"2000","unstructured":"Mousseau V., Slowinski R., Zielniewicz P. (2000) A user-oriented implementation of the ELECTRE-TRI method integrating preference elicitation support, Computers and Operations Research, 27, 7\u20138: 757\u2013777.","journal-title":"Computers and Operations Research"},{"key":"158_CR37","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"887","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1540-6261.1983.tb02508.x","volume":"38","author":"J. D. Murray","year":"1983","unstructured":"Murray J. D., White R. W. (1983) Economies of Scales and Economics of Scope in Multiproduct Financial Institutions: A Study of British Columbia Credit Unions, Journal of Finance, 38: 887\u2013902.","journal-title":"Journal of Finance"},{"key":"158_CR38","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"407","DOI":"10.2307\/2118445","volume":"60","author":"M. Petersen","year":"1995","unstructured":"Petersen M., Rajan R. (1995) The Effects of Credit Market Competition on Lending Relationships, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 60: 407\u2013444.","journal-title":"Quarterly Journal of Economics"},{"key":"158_CR39","volume-title":"Costs and Margins in Banking: An International Survey","author":"J. Revell","year":"1980","unstructured":"Revell J. (1980) Costs and Margins in Banking: An International Survey, Paris, OECD."},{"key":"158_CR40","volume-title":"Aide Multicrit\u00e8re \u00e0 la D\u00e9cision: M\u00e9thodes et Cas","author":"B. Roy","year":"1993","unstructured":"Roy B., Bouyssou D. (1993) Aide Multicrit\u00e8re \u00e0 la D\u00e9cision: M\u00e9thodes et Cas, Paris: Economica."},{"key":"158_CR41","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"49","DOI":"10.1007\/BF00134132","volume":"31","author":"B. Roy","year":"1991","unstructured":"Roy B. (1991) The outranking approach and the foundations of ELECTRE methods, Theory and Decision, 31: 49\u201373.","journal-title":"Theory and Decision"},{"key":"158_CR42","first-page":"221","volume":"7","author":"J. Shao","year":"1997","unstructured":"Shao J. (1997) An asymptotic theory for linear model selection, Statistica Sinica 7: 221\u2013264","journal-title":"Statistica Sinica"},{"key":"158_CR43","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"209","DOI":"10.1016\/0378-4266(79)90016-5","volume":"3","author":"B. Short","year":"1979","unstructured":"Short B. (1979) The Relation between Commercial Bank Profit Rates and Banking Concentration in Canada, Western Europe and Japan, Journal of Banking & Finance, 3: 209\u2013219.","journal-title":"Journal of Banking & Finance"},{"issue":"1","key":"158_CR44","first-page":"39","volume":"5","author":"Y. Siskos","year":"1985","unstructured":"Siskos Y., Yannacopoulos D (1985) UTASTAR: An ordinal regression method for building additive value functions. Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o Operacional, 5, 1: 39\u201353.","journal-title":"Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o Operacional"},{"issue":"5","key":"158_CR45","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"517","DOI":"10.1111\/1475-3995.00371","volume":"9","author":"Ch. Spathis","year":"2002","unstructured":"Spathis Ch., Kosmidou, K., Doumpos M. (2002) Assessing profitability factors in the Greek banking system: A multicriteria methodology, International Transactions in Operational Research, 9, 5: 517\u2013530.","journal-title":"International Transactions in Operational Research"},{"key":"158_CR46","unstructured":"Tabachnick B.G., Fidell L.S (2001) Using Multivariate Statistics, 4th ed, Allyn & Bacon, Pearson Education."}],"container-title":["Central European Journal of Operations Research"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/content\/pdf\/10.1007\/s10100-006-0158-5.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10100-006-0158-5\/fulltext.html","content-type":"text\/html","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/content\/pdf\/10.1007\/s10100-006-0158-5","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2019,5,29]],"date-time":"2019-05-29T09:49:25Z","timestamp":1559123365000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/10.1007\/s10100-006-0158-5"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2006,2]]},"references-count":46,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2006,2]]}},"alternative-id":["158"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10100-006-0158-5","relation":{},"ISSN":["1435-246X","1613-9178"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1435-246X","type":"print"},{"value":"1613-9178","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2006,2]]}}}