terms, 'efficiency consumption' is introduced theoretically as a means for securing an income (consumer investment). It is … consumers both acquire numerous goods that increase their efficiency. This leads to positive feedback loops which can be … interpreted as growth imperatives. For firms, increases of efficiency are accepted since long as a main motive for investments …

. Die Effizienz zahlreicher Agrarunternehmen Sachsen-Anhalts wurde darüber hinaus durch den verstärkten Bodenkauf negativ …The main focus of this Discussion Paper the analysis of the efficiency of agricultural enterprises in Sachsen … efficiency measurement the technical, pure technical and scale efficiency of agricultural enterprises on verge of the eastern …

role of rising rates of investment. Because labor reallocation across sectors, TFP growth at the sector level and … investment are all inter-related, simple growth decompositions that are often used in the literature are not appropriate for … continues to absorb more than half of all fixed investment. If capital had been allocated efficiently, China could have achieved …

in the U.S. private sector affect economic performance - productivity, profitability, investment, and growth. Freeman and … investment and, subsequently, lower employment and productivity growth. There is little evidence that unionization leads to … Medoff are clearly correct that union productivity effects vary substantially across workplaces. Their conclusion that union …

to quantify the extent to which factor accumulation induces structural change and productivity growth in industrializing … sectors, traditional and modern, and an endogenous wage gap, due to efficiency wages. The model thus draws on ideas of Lewis … many countries. We conclude that the productivity gains through labour re-allocation are potentially a significant …

This paper analyzes gender differences in the investment activity of German small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs … if they invest, then their average investment rate is lower. These differences cannot entirely be explained by firm or … owner characteristics. Furthermore, women’s investment is less sensitive to cash flow, which indicates that it is unlikely …

This paper investigates the effects of uncertainty on the investment behaviour using firm-level data for a sample of … invested. Furthermore, the difference between reversible and irreversible investment is crucial. The impact of volatility on … irreversible investment is far more larger than on reversible investment. In some cases, the amount of reversible investment will …

Analysis (DEA). In particular, it estimates the efficiency of 78 SUCs based on available input data (i.e., expenditure data … productivity change in these institutions by applying the Malmquist approach on a four-year panel data set of 78 SUCs. The DEA … results indicate that majority of the SUCs have efficiency score less than 1 and thus, they are considered inefficient. In …

addressed the productivity and efficiency of the core area of the armed forces, operational units, using Data Envelopment … Analysis (DEA). Introducing a model for the production process of an operational unit, productivity and efficiency are …