This paper discusses the optimal firm size in the presence of internal rent seeking. Since firm size has a discouragement effect on the level of individual rent-seeking but also a quantity effect as the number of rent-seekers increases, the interplay of both effects — together with technological considerations — determines whether the employer chooses an inefficiently small or large firm size. ...

firm size and its impact on the firm performance examined in all of economics historical periods from different point of view. meanwhile, productivity is one the most important performance index for each firm, therefore so many studies tries to survey firm size impact on it. in iran also, economics literature replete with productivity studies but the impact of size on it rarely seen between the...

During the last years, supply chain performance measures have been in the spotlight of many authors. A large number of various performance measures have been utilised. In this paper a measure of efficiency is used as an indicator of performance in the vegetable supply chain. The study consists of two stages. The first stage involves Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) which evaluates technical and ...