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Scale and scope economies in small household rice farming in Vietnam
The Vietnamese agricultural sector has experienced a dramatic structural change based on increased specialization in rice cultivation. However, small-scale rice-farmers have continued to grow multiple crops, especially in less developed provinces.
Viet-Ngu HOANG +4 more
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Defining the Organization of Municipal Solid Waste Management Based on Production Costs
A long-lasting dilemma on the efficient provision of services of general economic interest has become increasingly important in the waste management industry: competition or monopoly in municipal solid waste management.
Massimo Beccarello, Giacomo Di Foggia
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Maple syrup production represents a prominent form of ton-timber forest production across the northeastern United States and Canada. Similar to farmers, maple syrup producers face complex size and scope decisions about the size or product diversification
Sara Velardi +4 more
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Economies of Scope between Research and Teaching in European Universities
The estimation of economies of scope between research and teaching has been the object of a large literature in economics of education and efficiency analysis, with parametric and non-parametric specifications.
Andrea Bonaccorsi +2 more
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The success requirement of managers’ progress, development and performance improvement lie in their attention to product variety and company effectiveness.
Elham Zaker Harofteh +1 more
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The potential of pastoral land use to create positive environmental, economic, and social outcomes is constrained by a “way of seeing” land and people through the eyes of Modernity and mechanical determinism.
Christopher J. K. Perley
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The literature on inter‑municipal cooperation (IMC) focusing on the characteristics of its members and factors driving a decision to start cooperating is abundant.
Aneta Chodakowska
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After container shipping, the cruise shipping industry has entered recently into the overpanamax era, in a typical quest for economies of scale, at the same time as it was searching for economies of scope, including through corporate mergers.
Jacques Charlier
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This article examines the empirical performance of alternative frontier estimators’ ability to replicate a known underlying technology and economic measures such as multi-product and product-specific economies of scale, and economies of scope.
Bryon J. Parman, Allen M. Featherstone
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Efficiency, and economies of scale and scope in Japanese agricultural cooperatives
The purpose of this study is to investigate regional differences in the business characteristics of Japanese agricultural cooperatives (JAs), which have been widely criticized for depending on non-agricultural activities, contradictory to cooperative ...
Kozo Harimaya, Koichi Kagitani
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