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 … perspective to the understanding of structural changes in transition. …

The paper presents a model of the agro-food system in a transition economy, which shows howthe move from a planned to a … complementary approaches formeasuring the success of agricultural transition, where success is defined as increasing consumerwelfare … farm efficiency and productivity. …

This paper analyzes efficiency and total factor productivity (TFP) change of large agriculturalenterprises during their … transition to a market economy in Ukraine. In this case the efficiencyis calculated by data envelopment analysis and the … efficiency, which is found to be remarkably significant. At the sametime there is a high variation among individual enterprises …

Economic development implies that the efficiency of firms in developing countries is approaching that of firms in … privatization, competition and foreign investment. We also test hypotheses positing that only firms near the efficiency frontier … find that privatization to domestic owners did not markedly improve the efficiency of firms; domestic firms are not …

Economic development implies that the efficiency of firms in developing countries is approaching that of firms in … privatization, competition and foreign investment. We also test hypotheses positing that only firms near the efficiency frontier … find that privatization to domestic owners did not markedly improve the efficiency of firms; domestic firms are not …

Economic development implies that the efficiency of firms in developing countries is approaching that of firms in … advanced economies. We examine the extent of this convergence among all firms as well as a subset of firms near the efficiency … that privatization to foreign owners markedly improved the efficiency of firms, whereas privatization to domestic owners …

(IOF) program to increase energy efficiency, reduce waste production and to improve competitiveness, currently focusing on … program in California, as part of many other programs to improve the energy efficiency and performance of industries in … government, and promote industry-specific energy-efficiency. An important element of the SIOF-program is the preparation of R …