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Measuring credit capacity on Danish farms using DEA
Friis Pedersen, Michael; Vesterlund Olsen, Jakob - In: Agricultural Finance Review 73 (2013) 3, pp. 393-412
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce a novel measure of access to credit suited to estimate the relative change in credit reserves. Design/methodology/approach – A debt possibility frontier is estimated using data envelopment analysis and the Malmquist index is calculated. The...
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Default in a government‐sponsored agricultural loan programme in South‐Eastern Nigeria
Nwachukwu, Jacinta - In: International Journal of Social Economics 40 (2013) 10, pp. 898-922
Purpose – The Imo State Supervised Agricultural Credit Loans Board (ISACLB) has outright default rates of more than 50 percent. Thus, the purpose of this study is to identify the major characteristics of the Board's beneficiaries who completely failed to honour their repayment commitment as...
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Ag lending: the next generation
Gunderson, Michael A.; Detre, Joshua D.; Briggeman, Brian C. - In: Agricultural Finance Review 71 (2011) 3, pp. 280-294
/or should be taught, as part of the financial management curriculum in undergraduate agricultural economics and agribusiness … in undergraduate agribusiness programs. Originality/value – The value of the study would be that departments of … undergraduate program. By responding to the desires of employers, agricultural economics and agribusiness programs cannot only …
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Analyzing the agricultural value chain financing: approaches and tools in India
Swamy, Vighneswara; M, Dharani - In: Agricultural Finance Review 76 (2016) 2, pp. 211-232
Purpose – The global demand for food is expected to increase by 60 percent by 2050 when the world’s population reaches 9.1 billion. To meet this challenge significant investment in the agricultural sector is required to embrace innovative financing mechanisms that can benefit sustainable...
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The impact of liquidity and solvency on cost efficiency
Alan Russell, Levi; R. Langemeier, Michael; C. … - In: Agricultural Finance Review 73 (2013) 3, pp. 413-425
Purpose – This paper aims to develop and utilize a conceptual framework to examine the impact of liquidity and solvency on cost efficiency for a sample of Kansas farms. Design/methodology/approach – A standard cost-efficiency model is modified to incorporate liquidity and solvency ratios....
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Measuring Efficiency of Islamic and Conventional Banks in MENA Region
Sghaier, Asma; Sabra, Mahmoud; Mighr, Zouhayer; Gilles, … - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economies … 5 (2016) 1, pp. 29-51
determinants. The authors use for this purpose the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method and the analysis of the Stochastic …
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Data envelopment analysis of efficiency of real estate investment trusts in Singapore
Ahmed, Aminath Amany; Mohamad, Azhar - In: International Journal of Law and Management 59 (2017) 6, pp. 826-838
Purpose In this study, the authors use data envelopment analysis to assess the technical efficiency and performance of real estate investment trusts (REITs) in Singapore, for the years 2009 through 2013. Design/methodology/approach The authors apply the Malmquist Productivity Index to express...
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The relationship between total quality management practices and their effects on bank’s technical efficiency
Salhieh, Loay; Abu-Doleh, Jamal - In: International Journal of Commerce and Management 25 (2015) 2, pp. 173-182
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between total quality management (TQM) practices and banks’ technical efficiency. Design/methodology/approach – A survey questionnaire was constructed to measure TQM practices and quantitative data were collected to...
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The relative efficiency of South African municipalities in providing public health care
Mbonigaba, Josue; Oumar, Saidou Baba - In: African Journal of Economic and Management Studies 7 (2016) 3, pp. 346-365
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess whether the relative efficiency of South African municipalities in primary health care and hospital care is different and whether South African municipalities can learn from each other to improve on their efficiency. Design/methodology/approach The...
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Efficiency and convergence analysis in a women’s clothing retail store chain
Xavier, José Manuel; Moutinho, Victor Manuel; Moreira, … - In: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 43 (2015) 9, pp. 796-814
service brand operating in Portugal. A cross-section input-oriented data envelopment analysis (DEA) is used to analyse …. Originality/value – The contribution of this paper is based on the application of the sigma conversion and DEA techniques to …
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