This study examines the impact of mobile phone enhanced intervention in agricultural
extension service delivery in India. Findings show that the amount, quality and speed of …

This paper explores the link between financial constraints and productivity using firm-level
data from Chinese manufacturing industries. Based on a dynamic optimization model which …

We employ a non‐parametric approach, data envelopment analysis, to estimate the
technical and irrigation efficiency of rice farms in the P unjab P rovince of P akistan. We use …

This study measures the profit efficiencies of Taiwanese and Chinese banks with the
assumption that both types could operate under the metafrontier. To consider the risk …

Accessibility to financial resources is considered a prevalent problem in the agricultural
sector. We develop an approach to quantify the long‐term opportunity costs of financial …

This study applies a neural network framework to optimize the classification of firms and to
predict their difficulties in collecting external financial resources in the short term. In detail …

The objective of this work was to evaluate the relationship between grain yield and
production costs of flood-irrigated rice (Oryza sativa) in the state of Rio Grande do Sul …

Prices and the allocation of resources are essential components of efficient markets. Yet due
to market failures or other imperfections, observed prices, and the allocation of resources …

This study updates previous meta-analysis of farm-level frontier function studies in order to
provide a detailed systematic and comprehensive analysis of the effects that different …

The study aimed to assess the efficiency of the stochastic profit boundaries and identify the
main economic and social factors affecting the profits of the governorate of Baghdad's broiler …