The purpose of this paper is to analyze the productivity change for agricultural cooperatives in Japan measured by nonparametric outputoriented Malmquist indices of total factor productivity. The productivity change is decomposed into technical change and technical efficiency change. Linear programming techniques are used to calculate the productivity change using a panel data set for 49 agricu...

In the European policy debate, tradable green certificates (TGC) have been suggested to be a superior regulatory framework for promoting the diffusion of renewable electricity technologies. The purpose of this paper is to assess the performance of the Swedish TGC system, contributing to the European debate on the suitability of different types of frameworks. The expectations of the TGC system w...

The purpose of our study represents to determine how HRM’s organizational structures has been changed in the past and where HRM is positioned present. For obtain theoretical knowledge, we used methods: collecting, gathering, sorting, content analysis, synthesis, comparative deduction information. Main sources obtained information, knowledge represent professional articles research. Today’s HRM,...

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Designing systems that can deliver value to stakeholders is more than just eliciting requirements and developing sound and efficient technical solutions. In a time when technology, policy, economic conditions, and system end uses can change on short time scales, it is necessary to better conceive and manage system changes in order to alter system form, function, or operations to continue to del...

The ability to assess the risks of functional safety railway tracks allows harmonizing characteristics track elements under certain operating conditions maintenance for efficient use structure throughout its life cycle. concept detailing interaction rolling stock and was used productive solution tasks infrastructure assessment. paper formed an approach analytical determination problems deformab...

This article computes the energy productivity changes of regions in Japan using total-factor frameworks based on data envelopment analysis (DEA). Since the traditional DEA-Malmquist index cannot analyze changes in single-factor productivity changes under the total-factor framework, we apply a new index proposed by Hu and Chang [2009. Total-factor energy productivity growth of regions in China. ...