Sweden. Several methods have been suggested for analysing productivity differentials in agriculture between groups of farms …The aim of this paper is to analyse the regional productivity differentials on dairy farms in Denmark, Finland and … are able to separate technological differences from the differences in technical efficiency. Battese et al. [5] and O …

relationship with technical efficiency using a distance function approach is analyzed for the case of Czech agriculture. Contrary …, its effect on technical efficiency depends on whether such legitimacy efforts are valued by stakeholders or understood as …

Even after more then ten years after the beginning of the transition process, Russian agriculture shows only limited … level. In this paper we use the "Theory of Induced Innovation" in order to access the development of production structures … agriculture. Both reasons causes that agricultural enterprises have difficulties with regard to an adjustment of factor input and …

The agriculture of the new member of the European Union joined 2004 was significantly behind the majority of the 15 … former EU member countries both from technical and productivity perspectives. In the common market the competitiveness of … products and producers is a key factor. One important factor of competitiveness is labour productivity, which can be divided …

This study investigated the efficiency and productivity change of a sample of food distribution units (MERCAs) in Spain … productivity change. The mean pure sales efficiency index was high, around 0.8, the mean scale index being 0,9. As appears from the … over the 1.997-1.999 period, applying non-parametric frontier methodology in a sales efficiency framework. We specified a …

substantially increase farm efficiency and productivity. …

transition countries and its changes over time, especially focusing on the dynamics of productivity changes and the effects of … productivity growth is mainly attributable to the technical progress, particularly in CEE countries; (iii) Reform policy and …

developments of productivity, technical change, and technical efficiency which all have been calculated by a Stochastic Frontier …

This study is aimed to analyze Russian corporate farms technical efficiency using DEA and allocative efficiency basing … efficiency scores speak for production technologies being homogeneous and mean that simple extension of "best practice …" production will not eliminate the large productivity gap between Russia and the developed market economies. …

productivity and efficiency. More knowledge about what determines part-time farming and whether farm productivity and efficiency … examining how off-farm work influences productivity and technical efficiency at the farm level. An unbalanced panel data set … any systematic difference in farm productivity and technical efficiency between part-time and full-time farmers. …