INTERTEMPORAL EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY CHANGING ON TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY (TI) IN ASEAN-5

Telecommunication Industry and Productivity Convergence in the Oecd Countries

The telecommunication industry appears one of the driving force of the new economy, which is characterized by the diffusion of, information and communication technologies and their applications. So, the analysis of the productivity evolution in the telecommunication industry, for different countries, is the first step to understand the productive patterns of the national economies. In particula...

Intertemporal Budgeting and Efficiency

This paper introduces an intertemporal variable cost indirect technology which permits technological change over time and allows for financial flexibility. It characterizes agencies which maximize the outputs or services subject to the budget they face. We define Farrelltype output oriented technical efficiency under different financial regimes and efficiency gains from financial flexibilities....

Farm Productivity, Efficiency and Profitability in Fiji’s Sugar Industry

Fiji’s agricultural sector, and within it, the sugar industry, has been the driving force behind the country’s development. The sugar industry, however, is facing a number of challenges of which production efficiency is one of them. This paper examines farm productivity, efficiency and profitability in the industry. It suggests that without improving farm level efficiency and productivity the i...

Productivity and Technical Efficiency in the Italian Insurance Industry

India’s Pulp and Paper Industry: Productivity and Energy Efficiency

ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors would like to thank Joyashree Roy, Ernst Worrell, Puran Mongia, and Marta Khrushch for their valuable assistance and comments on previous drafts of this paper. Abstract Historical estimates of productivity growth in India's pulp and paper sector vary from indicating an improvement to a decline in the sector's productivity. The variance may be traced to the time p...