... coffee The overall objective of this study was to estimate thetechnicalefficiencyof coffee production and evaluate factors affecting the level oftechnical inefficiency of small holder coffee ... development 1.3 Objectives ofthe study The overall objective ofthe study is to estimate thetechnicalefficiencyof coffee farming and to evaluate factors affecting thetechnical inefficiency in ... null hypothesis for the existence oftechnical inefficiency is that there are no inefficiency effects in coffee productionThe rejection of this null hypothesis implies that technical inefficiency...
... productivity of factors involved in theproduction process of poultry products as well as the factors affecting thetechnicalefficiencyofthe poultry farmers This paper therefore analyses the ... egg production was in stage II oftheproduction region The productivity ofthe factors could be improved by expanding the farm size at the existing level of feeding so that the variable of feed ... vector ofproduction function parameters The frontier production function F (Xj $j) is a measure of maximum potential output for any particular input vector X The Vi and Ui cause actual production...
... its impact on the increase of environmental practices help to increase theproductionthe firm’s technicalefficiency This can be confirmed output of all types of firms, the spillover effects from ... expected the three firms groups, the annual average and median sign of variables, especially the two variables ofthe TEs for the private firms sector is the highest hypothesized spillover effects ... efficiencies ofthe follow GC (2008) in the conclusion that the private firms sector, while it derives no effect on the moderation effect of environmental spillover effect has efficiencies ofthe state-owned...
... than the frontier value and value oftheproduction function But, the value of frontier lies around on value oftheproduction function In figure 2.3, thetechnicalefficiency is defined by the ... strong effect on the rice production in the villages with irrigation systems The more usage of water for rice productionof one farmer leads to the less water usage of another farmer The result ... examine the determinants of rice output and find thetechnicalefficiency level ofthe farmers; and ordinary least square regression (OLS) to examine the factors affecting thetechnicalefficiency The...
... representing the effects of random factors (e.g., measurement errors in production, weather, industrial actions, etc.) These factors are out ofthe control ofthe farm U1 is a non-negative technical inefficiency ... oftechnical inefficiency component This method does not adjust intercept ofthe stochastic frontier production model but thetechnical inefficiency component Thetechnical inefficiency and the ... on the function oftechnical inefficiency Hien et al (2003) estimated technicalefficiencyof rice production in the Mekong Delta, using stochastic frontier analysis approach Thetechnical inefficiency...
... stage, thetechnicalefficiency is first estimated from theproduction function And then a set of selected factors are selected to research their impact on technicalefficiencyofthe firms In ... predicted value oftechnicalefficiency has value of 72% Then the authors use the cross sectional information of input quality to compute the corrected technicalefficiency index The value of new ... and other places; firms ofthe state, foreign and other sectors; and the factors influencing thetechnicalefficiencyof firms The purpose of this thesis is to identify the above issues And, the...
... In other words, build quality into the product, not just test for defects” Thus, the quality of product was not guaranteed Because of profit, the company accepted all types of final product including: ... business Nowadays, the company increasingly develops with the management ofthe director, Vu Thi Thuy Hang The structure ofthe company is described in the above chart Like other subsidiaries, ... of final product including: perfect product, defective product I and defective product II then delivered them to customer That is the reason why the company often receives complaint from customers...
... cracking Figure shows the schematic diagram ofthe SJBG The SJBG consists ofthe gas producer, purification unit and the generator The gas producer is an 180Nm3/h gas production unit The purification ... represented the cold gas efficiencyofthe gasifier An average efficiencyof 75% was achieved from the simulation data, this efficiency is within the known cold gas efficiencies of biomass gasifier ... impact on the conversion efficiency as the latter is directly proportional to the gas heating value The measured data suggested a conversion efficiencyof 76% as shown in figure 6, while the...
... payment systems These principles drew extensively from the Report ofthe Committee on Interbank Netting Schemes ofthe central banks ofthe Group of Ten countries (also known as the Lamfalussy ... contract between the buyer and seller is discharged and two new contracts are created, one between the CCP and the buyer and the other between the CCP and the seller The CCP thereby assumes the ... for the reliable transfer of funds and securities between the central bank, its counterparties, and the other participants in the financial system so that the effect of monetary policy transactions...
... to the constant term ofthe knowledge production function.9 The coefficients for an interaction of these A distribution of observations that is characterized by a relatively large number of cases ... only industry structure because such a strategy neglects the indirect effects of location on the economic structure of a region - 10 A rather sophisticated assessment of R&D productivity can be ... exposition) The basic assumption underlying the concept ofthe knowledge production function is that the output ofthe innovation process represents a result of R&D capital or investment Taking the Cobb-Douglas...
... assembled to provide expertise in the areas of science and technology pertinent to the concerns ofthe CBDCOM commander and executive director and thetechnical director ofthe Edgewood Research, Development ... small The precision and accuracy ofthe Natick sampler is adequate for the intended purpose The small size ofthe Natick sampler enables testing under the suit without incurring a number of disadvantages ... parts ofthe test chamber throughout the duration ofthe tests should be documented In addition, concentrations inside the suit could be monitored with either active or passive samplers, despite their...
... practices were ugly and restrictive.103 He asked why a university had to make the top level of its name the country in which theuniversity was situated, when clearly the most important aspect of ... accepted, the email file was transmitted over an FTP data channel (with the end ofthe file indicating the end ofthe message) The file was required to be in ASCII A separate copy ofthe file ... expressing types, but the actual on -the- wire encoding (the Basic Encoding Rules) is the creation of Deutsch’s group The dates of these two BBN reports are consistent with that story (they define what...
... perfectly reliable ascertainment of a fact and an almost perfect correlation between that fact and the kind of fact being predicted Neither one of these delightful conditions obtains in the usual ... subset ofthe cases, the clinical and actuarial prediction are the same; among those, the hit rates will be identical In another subset, the clinician countermands the equation in the light of what ... obtain The short answer to the objection to nomothetic study of persons because ofthe uniqueness of each was provided by Allport (1937), namely, the nomothetic science of personality can be the...
... early days when the introduction ofthe telegraph and telephone connected investors across the country with the exchanges, modern technology in the form of electronic trading, such as the National ... Options, other derivatives, and the like are all part ofthe market’s offering And as the sophistication of assets traded has increased, so have the methods by which they are traded From the early ... cultural context The selection ofthe seven titles and their authors has been the work of an Editorial Advisory Board, whose members are the following: Alan Carsrud, Florida International University; ...
... each of these events impacted how the market functions, even today THE PANIC OF 1907 The final decade ofthe 1800s is often referred to as the ‘‘Golden Age’’ in U.S economic history A time of seemingly ... But they would have seen the effects, especially the increased withdrawal ofbank deposits as individuals sought the safety of cash, the reversal of gold imports, the mounting cost of reconstruction ... securities, there was increased trading in a handful ofbank stocks Most notable was trading in the First Bankofthe United States and theBankof New York, the latter a favored enterprise of Hamilton...
... share of any excess in the value ofthe assets over the liabilities that have been paid off A share of common stock also gives the shareholder a right to vote in the election ofthe board of directors ... Chicago and the inability ofthe trading mechanism to handle the deluge of sell orders explained the crash The objective of circuit breakers was to halt trading so the second of these events ... one-fifteenth ofthe firm compared with the original claim to one-tenth ofthe firm Because of this effect, the original shareholders (owners) ofthe firm must approve secondary offerings They would...
... for the future The theory of efficient markets, therefore, is based on the idea that today’s stock price reflects investors’ expectations regarding the future Their expectations are efficient in the ... ownership ofthe NASDAQ exchange by buying its stock which is listed on the NASDAQ The other national exchange is the AMEX Today, the AMEX is not nearly as large or important as the NYSE or the NASDAQ ... prices that make up the index The level ofthe index means little in and of itself Rather, what is important to an investor is how the index changes over time The change ofthe index, not its...
... Futures contracts require the 78 The Stock Market buyer to take delivery ofthe underlying commodity at a future date On the other side ofthe transaction, the contract calls on the seller to ... the expenses ofthe mutual fund These expenses include payments to the managers ofthe fund who select the securities bought by the fund, and expenses associated with maintaining the fund’s of ces, ... days ofthe year Because these futures contracts are so standardized, buyers and sellers of these contracts really not have to study the particulars ofthe contract and are comfortable in the...