... industry is evaluated, considering some desirable and undesirable outputs. The effect of non-discretionary input on the performance of a paper mill is also analyzed. Findings Analysis suggests that the productivity of the paper industry is improving consistently throughout the period. The comparative...

... databases. Financial performance Industrial performance Corporate governance Paper industry Neural nets Financial benchmarking is a tool commonly used for comparing the financial performance of competing companies. Financial benchmarking is an example of external (competitor) benchmarking...