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The Greek banking system in the last years has become a system of thoroughly changes. In this new environment the Greek commercial banks should be adapted and develop new strategy and inclinations, in order to satisfy depositor demands and increase their security and profitability. A multicriteria approach is proposed for evaluating banking performance over multiple criteria. Firstly, a multivariate statistical analysis is applied to select the most important financial ratios, which derive from the study of financial statements of a sample of Greek commercial banks. Then, the multicriteria method PROMETHEE is applied to rank the banks according to their financial performance during the period 1995–1999.
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Stathas, O., Kosmidou, K., Doumpos, M., Zopounidis, C. (2002). A Multicriteria Approach to Assess Banking Performance: The Case of Greece. In: Zopounidis, C. (eds) New Trends in Banking Management. Contributions to Management Science. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57478-8_4
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