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 …

the efficiency. In this paper, the level of efficiency represents the level of life quality. The efficiency (quality of … efficiency score, DEA method provides weights of particular inputs and outputs. These weights are used to find contributions of … time, we have observed a possible connection between the achieved efficiency score and the average prices of dwellings in …

We analyze the evolution of Sub-Saharan Africa’s agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) over the past 45 years … of poor performance and decline. That recovery is the consequence of improved efficiency in production resulting from …

There is considerable interest in projections of future productivity growth in agriculture. Whether one is interested …, deforestation and ecological diversity, the rate of productivity growth in agriculture is an essential input. Yet solid projections … in measuring historical productivity growth. The purpose of this paper is to report the latest time series evidence on …

There is considerable interest in projections of future productivity growth in agriculture. Whether one is interested …, deforestation and ecological diversity, the rate of productivity growth in agriculture is an essential input. Yet solid projections … in measuring historical productivity growth. The purpose of this paper is to report the latest time series evidence on …

The geopressured zone, assuming the presence of natural gas and high water productivity, may be used to produce … 63?/M Btu and a unit power cost of 46 mills/kwh. The conversion efficiency of the plant, including hydraulic turbine … energy from the well head overpressure, was 10.3%. This low efficiency accounts for the high unit power cost. A one-well, 1 …

efficiency to free existing staff time to develop additional types of data from our partners. Another long-term theme related to … expanding data coverage to estimates of productivity and/or data needed to calculate productivity. Initial investigations within …

The labour productivity differentials between manufacturing firms in Ghana and South Korea exceed those implied by … and South Korea. There is no significant difference in total factor productivity across the countries once we allow for … the shape of the relationship between productivity and human capital across countries is crucial for understanding the …

The object of the present paper is to analyze the productivity of marketing cooperatives incorporating environmental … marketing cooperatives in the fruit and vegetables sector to consider improvement in productivity and sound environmental … so-called Operative Programs (OP). The present study analyses the total factor productivity (TFP) related to …