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The determinants of energy intensity for the design of environmental strategies in the Mauritian textile sector
Sultan, Riad - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 5 (2013) 2, pp. 140-156
economic competitiveness and sustainable production patterns and that eco-efficiency may be a critical success factor to …
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Production optimisation - case of foundry factory
Matjaž Novak; ÄŒuk, Boris; Rok StraÅ¡ek - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 5 (2013) 4, pp. 438-457
sustainable development of any production factory. Among production optimisation frameworks the overall equipment efficiency (OEE … different methodological approaches which relate technical and cost efficiency. The first framework is based on econometric … relationship between technical and cost efficiency. Mathematical modelling requires definition relationship between technical and …
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Farm size and economic efficiency: a case study of tea production in West Bengal
Maity, Shrabanti - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 4 (2012) 1, pp. 53-70
economic resources can reduce the cost of production and thus make the industry more competitive. For the sustainability of the … condition. In this paper, an attempt has been made to measure simultaneously technical and allocative efficiency for large …
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Assessment of the efficiency of Croatia compared to other European countries using data envelopment analysis with application of window analysis
Lorena Å kuflić; Rabar, Danijela; Bruno Å … - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 5 (2013) 1, pp. 104-123
data envelopment analysis (DEA). According to obtained results Croatia had the worst ranking in the achieved efficiency. …
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The causal relationship between house prices and growth in the nine provinces of South Africa: evidence from panel - Granger causality tests
Chang, Tsangyao; Simo-Kengne, Beatrice D.; Gupta, Rangan - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 6 (2014) 4, pp. 345-358
This paper analyses the causal relationship between housing activity and growth in nine provinces of South Africa for the period 1995-2011, using panel causality analysis, which accounts for cross-section dependency and heterogeneity across provinces. Our empirical results support unidirectional...
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Impact of foreign direct investment on economic growth in CEMAC region: an analysis of transmission mechanisms
Nkoa, Bruno Emmanuel Ongo - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 6 (2014) 4, pp. 303-326
The aims of this paper are firstly to access the contribution of foreign direct investment (FDI) to economic growth in countries of the countries CEMAC region, and secondly to show how these foreign investments contribute to the growth of the CEMAC. The basic theory is that of endogenous growth....
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Impact of renminbi exchange rate expectation on China's foreign exchange reserves: an empirical analysis
Du, Jiancheng; Ge, Jiaoju; Qiao, Jin - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 6 (2014) 4, pp. 327-344
Compared with the previous researches giving scattered and qualitative discussions about the exchange rate expectation China's foreign exchange reserves (FER), this paper conducted an empirical research by adding the exchange rate expectation. Starting from the evolution path of RMB exchange...
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Green productivity: clarifying terminology and concepts
Besco, Laurel - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 6 (2014) 4, pp. 406-425
Employing and adjusting conventional productivity measures to represent the (mis)use of natural capital in production processes has recently generated increased interest. However, the literature relating to natural capital and productivity is highly fragmented, at times uses different...
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Surreptitious structure of the Turkish financial crisis 2000-2001
Ozkaya, Ata - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 6 (2014) 4, pp. 359-380
In this paper, we develop a comprehensive framework to obtain a 'broad definition' of overall public debt stock accumulation in Turkey. To do this first, we identify 'invisible balance' of public sector incurred from politically backed (informal) off-budget debt-creating transactions among...
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Postharvest loss estimation of cut rose (Rosa hybrida) flower farms: economic analysis in East Shoa Zone, Ethiopia
Aman, Mohammed - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 6 (2014) 1, pp. 82-95
Despite the sector's role of sustaining economic growth, there is considerable loss in rose cut flower production due to improper postharvest handling. This study's survey was conducted from first week of February to last week of April, 2011 in three districts of East Shoa Zone, Ethiopia for...
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