by Krisztián Kovács – Ratnesh Pandey To examine and compare the technical efficiency of dairy sector and the beef sector, this research introduced the main indicators of milk and beef production in the world, EU and Hungarian aggregates. Based on the data it can be said that the milk and…
OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE AND AGRICULTURAL LABOUR EFFICIENCY IN NIGERIA: IMPACT OF ICTS
by Egbe Bassey Etowa – Olugbenga Wilson Adejo Increased labour efficiency is imperative in the developing world and particularly in Nigerian Agriculture which should be in its leaping phase. The interaction between labour efficiency and ICTs is inevitable in the realisation of the nation’s agribusiness potentials. Following a vivid descriptive statistics…
Historical overview of the literature on business performance measurement from the beginning to the present
by Kinga Emese Zsidó The paper summarizes the concept of business performance and the performance measurement. The concept of business performance has changed a lot over the past decades. The managers have understood that in order to achieve organizational goals, more emphasis should be placed outside the owners, on other market…
Measuring Technical, Economic and Allocative Efficiency of Maize Production in Subsistence Farming: Evidence from the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia
by Musa H. Ahmed – Lemma Z. – Endrias G This study measured the technical, allocative and economic efficiencies of maize production in the central rift valley of Ethiopia using cross sectional data collected from randomly selected 138 sample households. The estimated result showed that the mean technical, allocative and economic…
Profitability and efficiency – an analysis of the financial impact of the Szechenyi Plan in the Hungarian hospitality industry
by Elvira Böcskei Continuous changes in the market and macroeconomic factors have made a significant effect on the tourism sector in Hungary. A heavily growing number of hotels could be observed in the past decade. The main question about the hotels built with high investment costs was their expected time of return. Keeping…
Efficiency indicators in different dimension
by András Nábrádi, Károly Pető, Viktória Balogh, Erika Szabó, Andrea Bartha, Krisztián Kovács There are several variations of efficiency definitions and of course ratios concerned with efficiency. A better understanding of the notion of efficiency is critical to dissolve ambiguity about it. Many confuse efficiency with other supposedly synonymous notions such…
MEASURING EFFICIENCY OF INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL IN AGRICULTURE SECTOR OF VOJVODINA
by Biserka Komnenic, Danilo Tomic and Gordana Tomic During three-hundred-year history of the market economy, the main sources of wealth creation have changed from the natural resources (mainly land and relatively unskilled labor with the exception of the master craftsman), tangible material assets (buildings, machinery and equipment, funds) to intangible assets…
DUTCH, HUNGARIAN AND GERMAN DAIRY FARMS TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY COMPARISON
by Krisztián Kovács, Dr. Grigorios Emvalomatis The abolishment of the dairy quota system in the EU is expected to increase competition across dairy farms in Europe. Assuming a common price for milk in the EU, only the most efficient farms will survive in the new environment. The main objective of the…
EFFECTIVENESS, EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY IN LOCAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIPS
by Krisztián Kis, József Gál & Antal Véha Due to the ever-increasing role the LEADER approach is playing in realizing rural development policy, Local Action Groups (LAGs) have become key actors in the institutional system of rural development. Through their activity in supporting and improving local development, they represent a…
EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF DAIRY FARMS IN THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAIN REGION USING DETERMINISTIC AND STOCHASTIC DEA MODELS
by Tímea Gál Running any dairy enterprise is a risky activity: the profitability of the enterprise is affected by the price fluctuation of feed and animal health products from inputs, as well as by the fluctuation of end-product prices. Under these circumstances, it is essential for the cattle breeders, in…