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ON INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS AND THE ALLOCATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RUSSIA’S TRANSITION
Petrick, Martin - 2010
historische Hinweise, dass dieVerbreitung von unternehmerischen Eigenschaften und Verhalten in Russland deutlich geringerist als …
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Das Städtesystem der Russischen Föderation aus Sicht der Neuen Ökonomischen Geographie
Kauffmann, Albrecht - 2010
Russia after price liberalisation in 1992. At the same time, the Russian official demographic statistics provides data that …
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EU-Russia energy relations: What chance for solutions? : A focus on the natural gas sector
Böhme, Dimo - 2011
Public debate about energy relations between the EU and Russia is distorted. These distortions present considerable … demand. Diverse interests inside the EU prevent the definition of a coherent and respected energy policy. Russia, for its … role of mere energy exporter. In view of the intensifying struggle for global resources, Russia, with its large energy …
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Technical Efficiency and Technological Change in Australian Building Societies
Worthington, Andrew C. - 2000
In this study the nature and extent of efficiency and productivity growth in deposit-taking institutions is investigated using nonparametric frontier techniques. Employing Malmquist indices, productivity growth is decomposed into technical efficiency change and technological change for a sample...
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Productivity, Technical and Efficiency Change in Singapore’s Services Sector, 2005 to 2008
Lee, Boon L. - 2011
The current study was motivated by statements made by the Economic Strategies Committee that Singapore’s recent productivity levels in services were well below countries such as the US, Japan and Hong Kong. Massive employment of foreign workers was cited as the reason for poor productivity...
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EFICIÊNCIA NA INDÚSTRIA DE MÓVEIS NO BRASIL: O IMPACTO DA ABERTURA COMERCIAL NOS ESTADOS E REGIÕES DO BRASIL.
Santos, Ricardo Bruno Nascimento dos; Santos, … - 2008
Com a abertura comercial na década de 90, muitos setores da economia que estavam em processo de industrialização se viram em dificuldade em enfrentar uma nova estrutura de competição, isso por sua vez acarretou numa industrialização tardia para algumas empresas do setor industrial,...
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MEASUREMENT AND EXPLANATION OF TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY IN MISSOURI HOG PRODUCTION
Ben-Belhassen, Boubaker; Womack, Abner W. - 2000
The U.S. live hog production has undergone a significant structural change characterized by a trend toward larger operations. Experts argue that there is a cost advantage for larger farms due to industrialization and increased management intensity. One important element in production, mainly for...
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Testing Porter's Hypothesis: A Stochastic Frontier Panel Data Analysis of Dutch Horticulture
van der Vlist, Arno; Withagen, Cees; Folmer, Henk - 2005
We propose a test of the Porter hypothesis for the Dutch horticulture sector, using a stochastic production frontier analysis allowing for an inclusion of policy variables to account for the effect of environmental policy of firm performance. We find considerable heterogeneity in the way firms...
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MEASURING TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY IN A SMALL-SCALE FISHERY: A causality analysis
Sergio, Colin-Castillo - 2011
The analysis of technical efficiency (TE) on the small-scale fishery is relevant for several reasons. While this type of fishery is highly common in developing countries like Mexico, there are a very limited number of analyses assessing their efficiency. Indeed, there is no precise information...
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Bounded Learning Efficiency and Sources of Firm Level Productivity Growth in Colombian Food Manufacturing Industry
Shee, Apurba; Stefanou, Spiro E. - 2011
The measurement of productivity fluctuations has been the focus of decades-long interest. In addition to broad structural forces driving productivity changes, there is more recent interest in measuring and identifying the heterogeneous forces driving these changes. A major force is...
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