The document discusses various approaches to improve performance of Java enterprise applications using object-relational mapping (ORM), including: 1) Using data transfer objects (DTOs) and constructor expressions to fetch data from multiple tables into flat POJOs in a single query, avoiding the N+1 select problem. 2) For some use cases, native SQL queries with constructor mapping or libraries like QLRM or jOOQ may perform better than ORM for all queries. 3) The document recommends using entities for command/write operations and DTOs with techniques like constructor expressions for read/query operations when performance is important.