Productivity and efficiency are key performance indicators of improved seeds. Efficiency differences explain part of … the variation in productivity. Improved seeds may affect efficiency because farmers often do not apply inputs at optimum …. Improved seeds therefore not only directly affect productivity but also indirectly through efficiency. If productivity and …

The paper investigates whether the poor productivity performance of the European business services industry is related … productivity frontier and so obtain the distance of firms to the productivity frontier, using detailed industry-level panel data … distance with the productivity frontier. We find that that most scale advantages are exhausted after reaching a size of 20 …

In recent years, literature has linked structural reforms with productivity growth. Considering Portugal’s recent …-2014, this paper assesses the impact of structural reforms on firms’ productivity. In line with existing literature, the analysis … productivity levels. The firms’ distance to the technological frontier mediates the impact of reforms, either by potentiating its …

Results of assessments of total labor factor productivity TFP showed improvements where it recorded higher rate of 73 …

coffee farmers' technical efficiency and productivity while exploring the mechanisms behind potential trade-offs and … synergies between certification, productivity, and forest protection. Using cross-sectional farm-level data of 842 coffee …-certified farmers. We can attribute this to better farm management, leading to 19% and 4% increases in their productivity and technical …