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Innovation is one of the basic tools of growth strategies to enter new markets, increase market share and create a competitive advantage. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of innovative techniques in improving new and traditional criteria of ICT field companies’ performance during the years 2013 to 2017. Based on this goal, the research was conducted qualitatively and quantitatively. Based on Cochran sampling, 8 companies were selected as a statistical sample. In the first phase, to identify and determine the centers of decision-making units, inputs and outputs of the departments through Delphi method, distribution of questionnaires and aggregation of opinions of individuals and in in the second phase, the classification of model inputs and outputs and weighting of parameters by Delphi method and network analysis process method, and in the third phase of the research, the efficiency of innovative techniques in improving new and traditional performance criteria of ICT fieldcompanies is investigated. According to the results of the present study and in general among 8 sample companies, the first rank of efficiency is awarded to Iran Arqam Company and the 8th rank is awarded to Iran Telecommunication.

A stock exchange is an entity which provides ‘‘trading’’ facilities for stock brokers and traders to trade stocks and other securities. How to invest in stock exchange is one of the important issues in investment, and one of the factors that can help investors in the process of investment is the efficiency of the corporation under consideration. Data envelopment analysis is a mathematical methodology that has been widely applied to assess the performance of banks and financial institutes. The main feature of this method is that this methodology evaluate firms by considering multiple inputs and outputs. Conventional DEA models consider each firms as black box and don’t note into the inner activities. Two-stage data envelopment analysis has been researched by a number of authors that evaluate each firm by considering the inner operations. This paper proposes a new two stage BAM model and further evaluates the banks and financial institutes in Tehran stock exchange by considering the financial ratios. Conventional DEA models consider each firms as black box and don’t note into the inner activities. Two-stage data envelopment analysis has been researched by a number of authors that evaluate each firm by considering the inner operations. This paper proposes a new variant of two stage DEA models and further evaluates the banks and financial institutes in Tehran stock exchange by considering the financial ratios.

Given the rapid development of the banking sector, it is reasonable to expect that the performance of banks has become the centre of attention among bank managers, stakeholders, policy makers, and regulators. In order to maximizing the share-holders’ satisfactory level, two bank efficiency measurement approaches, i.e. the production approach and the user cost approach, which are financial evaluations, are employed. The evaluations are done by means of data envelopment analysis method. The proposed methodology is run on the 15 privet bank branches in Markazi province. By using this approach, four regions that show the various performances are obtained. In addition the status of returns to scale for each bank branch is calculated.