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The relationship between bank performance and intellectual capital in East Asia

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In this paper, we develop a performance efficiency value by using data envelopment analysis (DEA) to integrate five perspectives of CAMEL (Capital Adequacy, Asset Quality, Management, Earnings, Liquidity), which is used by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to evaluate banking performance. In addition, we utilize a tiered DEA to categorize banks into four groups. One-way ANOVA is used to analyze differences in CAMEL and intellectual capital (IC) variables across the four groups. CAMEL variables are manifested more strongly in highly efficient groups when compared with inefficient groups. The findings also reveal the importance of IC in achieving high levels of bank efficiency.

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Wang, WK., Lu, WM. & Wang, YH. The relationship between bank performance and intellectual capital in East Asia. Qual Quant 47, 1041–1062 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-011-9582-2

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