Efficiency measures in the agricultural sector : (Record no. 44174)
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| fixed length control field | 02480cam a22002175a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9789400757387 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9400757387 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 333.32 |
| Item number | EFF |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Efficiency measures in the agricultural sector : |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New York : |
| Name of publisher | Springer, |
| Year of publication | 2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xvi, 197 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations (some color) ; |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Includes index |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Efficiency measures in the agricultural sector : the beginning / Emiliana Silva, Armando B. Mendes, and Jorge Santos --<br/>Review of frontier models and efficiency analysis : a parametric approach / Ana Sampaio --<br/>Introduction to data envelopment analysis / Jorge Santos, Elsa Rosário Negas, and Luís Cavique Santos --<br/>Superefficiency and multiplier adjustment in data envelopment analysis / Jorge Santos, Luís Cavique Santos, and Armando B. Mendes --<br/>An application of data envelopment analysis (DEA) in Azores dairy farms / Emiliana Silva, Amílcar Arzubi, and Julio Berbel --<br/>Animal grazing system efficiency / Emiliana Silva, Carlos Santos, and Armando B. Mendes --<br/>Technical efficiency of the Spanish dairy processing industry : do size and exporting matter? / Magdalena Kapelko and Alfons Oude Lansink --<br/>Inefficiency in animal production : a parametric approach / Emiliana Silva and Fátima Venâncio --<br/>Azorean agriculture efficiency by PAR / Armando B. Mendes, Veska Noncheva, and Emiliana Silva --<br/>Sustainable tourism and agriculture multifunctionality by PAR : a variable selection approach / Armando B. Mendes, Veska Noncheva, and Emiliana Silva --<br/>The importance of subsidies in Azorean dairy farms' efficiency / Emiliana Silva and Eusébio Marote --<br/>Multi-output technical efficiency in the olive oil industry and its relation to the form of business organisation / Rafaela Dios-Palomares, José M. Martínez-Paz, and Angel Prieto --<br/>Efficiency assessment : final remarks / Jorge Santos, Emiliana Silva, and Armando B. Mendes. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Adding to our toolkit for improving agricultural efficiency, this volume shows how to deploy techniques such as data envelopment analysis and stochastic frontier analysis in crop production, opening up a fruitful new arena that could profit from these methods |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mendes, Armando B. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Silva, Emiliana |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Azevedo Santos, Jorge M. |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1407/2012955153-t.html |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1407/2012955153-d.html |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Reference Books |
| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Reference | 29/08/2017 | Purchased | 18898.65 | 333.32 EFF | 015442 | Reference Books |