iran isone of the main pistachiogrowersinthe world. kerman province is the largest grower of pistachio and sirjan is one of the most important pistachio production areas of kerman province. it is important to the study of efficiency status of pistachio growers and improvetheir efficiency and optimum use of resources in the production. the purpose of this study was to determinationtechnical effi...

universities of medical science and health services (umshss) are among the main organizations in iran's health-care section. improving their efficiency in financial resource management through creating an appropri-ate coordination between consumption and resources is strategically vital. investigating the financial performance as well as ranking the iranian umshss is the research objective.the ...

this study investigates empirically the value investors place in excess cash holdingand how managerial ability impact on the value of cash holding for iranianfirms from 2006 to 2014. in this research, managerial ability calculated by usingthe data envelopment analysis (dea). following the approach of faulkender andwang, we find that the relation between managerial ability and value of cash hold...

the purpose of this study is measuring total factor productivity (tfp) growth of sugar beet for different provinces of iran and then decomposing it to the changes in technical change, managerial efficiency change and scale efficiency change. for this purpose we used the data envelopment analysis (dea) method and malmquist productivity index. results showed that average growth of total factor pr...

the main purpose of this research paper is to calculate irans housing (maskan) bank through the use of data envelopment analysis. in this research, the performance of 33 branches of the housing bank throughout tehran (capital city of iran) within 2002-2004 was analyzed and discussed. the results of the study shows that average technical efficiencies of housing bank branches in two hypotheses of...

Article history: Received 10 October 2012 Received in revised form 14 October 2013 Accepted 23 March 2014 Available online 12 April 2014 We examine how an exogenous improvement in market efficiency, which allows the stock market to obtain more precise information about the firm's intrinsic value, affects the shareholder–manager contracting problem, managerial incentives, and shareholder value. ...

Regarding the increase in needs of human societies to agricultural products, increasing water use efficiency can lead to persistent use of limited water resources. Therefore, in this study using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), technical, allocative, managerial and economic efficiency and also Optimal level of inputs is surveyed in order to achieve maximum Efficiency in Marvdasht city in 20...