Sudanese external debts became a chronic problem for the past thirty years. They were first acquired for economic development projects, failed to fulfill that function due to many reasons, economic planning, mismanagement, political turmoil, failure in absorption capacity, corruption…etc. For...

Sudanese external debts became a chronic problem for the past thirty years. They were first acquired for economic development projects, failed to fulfill that function due to many reasons, economic planning, mismanagement, political turmoil, failure in absorption capacity, corruption…etc. For...

Cotton is one of the most important sector for developing countries, especially in Pakistan. In this paper the linear model based on data of 2004 to 2006 cotton yield is developed to maximize the cotton production of Pakistan. In this model variables are allowed to randomly vary with in interval...

Since the global financial crisis, corporate investment has been weak in India. Sluggish corporate investment would not only moderate growth from the demand side but also constrain growth from the supply side over time. Against this background, this paper analyzes the reasons for the slowdown...

This paper evaluates the performance of the metalworking sector in Colombia, between 1998 and 2007, using stochastic frontier techniques (SFA), which, through the estimation of the deviations from an ideal function of costs, measure levels economic efficiency of various production units. The...

Production in industrial companies is exposed to more and more frequent cycles of change, while at the same time, the market demand in terms of flexibility, high logistical performance and low costs are constantly increasing. Production systems must thus be designed to be capable of change. In...

In many industries, competition is far from perfect and managerial efficiency (or a fixed cost) varies among firms. However, traditional measurement of technological progress assumes perfect competition and no fixed cost. This paper incorporates these two factors in the technological-progress...

This paper looks at the interaction between two firms based in different countries, each which faces the export v MNE choice concerning the servicing of the other's home market. Firms also have a choice over investment in a new technology which allows a corporate wide reduction in variable costs...

This paper presents a method for calculating the variance of the amount of materials produced in a fixed time interval by a contious materials flow production system with N stations in series and M stations in parallel and no interstation buffers.