the present study used different categories of organized sector manufacturing industries pooled data for the periods of 1981-82 and 2007-08 in haryana state (india). the present undertaking seeks to analyze the inter-temporal and inter-industry comparison of total factor productivity (tfp) measured by malmquist productivity index - an application of dea which calculates the indices of tfp and i...

in this study it is attempted to investigate the effects of government spending on total factor productivity growth in rural areas of iran. using time series data of 1971-2001, a system of equations including some of the variables affecting productivity growth was considered. the system of equations included total factor productivity, irrigation, roads and education. using the simultaneity and ...

abstract research and development (r&d;) spending plays a major role in innovation, raising productivity and increasing economic growth. the purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of r&d; spending on growth and total factor productivity (tfp) in iran's agricultural sector. we estimate growth and productivity models using auto-regressive distributed lag (ardl) approach and data over ...

Background: Due to the increasing health care costs, the issue of productivity in hospitals must be taken into great consideration in order to provide, preserve and promote public health services. Thus, increasing the level of productivity must become the main aim of any hospital. Objective of this study is to determine the total factor productivity and its components over the period under the ...

since the difference in productivity growth rates in different provinces is a result of regional inequality, efficiency criteria in the development of regional-scale agricultural activities is beneficial. therefore it is important that long-term movements in the provinces to identify differences in productivity levels to take effective measures such as investment more in infrastructure, researc...

F rom the viewpoint of economic theories, total factor productivity (TFP) is the most important component that leads to economic growth and development. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of knowledge-based economy on total factor productivity in the member countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. For this purpose, the panel data regression analysis ha...

: recently, productivity discussion has been considered in social and scientific discussions. in the extreme world of competition and growth of technology, policy makers and management consider increase of productivity as tool or as a goal occasionally (3) in this research it is intended to recognize effects factor on increase of productivity particularly factors such as providing essential nee...