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This study analyzes the efficiency and productivity of communication companies in Ecuador. The authors use the technique of data enveloping analysis (DEA) to measure the efficiencies of companies and the Tobit regression to determine the incidence of working capital factors on efficiency. The data corresponding to the financial information of the 122 companies investigated between 2015 and 2018. The results determined a low efficiency in the companies of the sector and that the squared cash cycle is significant, but with a negative sign. These findings mean the first attempt to contribute empirical evidence about this little-studied sector, but with a lot of impact in the world.
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Higuerey, A., Armas, R., Peñarreta, M. (2020). Efficiency and Productivity of Communication Companies: Empirical Evidence from Ecuador Using Panel Data and DEA. In: Rocha, Á., Adeli, H., Reis, L., Costanzo, S., Orovic, I., Moreira, F. (eds) Trends and Innovations in Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1159. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45688-7_59
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