Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Reports by Subject "Malmquist Index"

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Efficiency and productivity measurements to analyze farm-level impacts from adoption of biotechnology enhanced soybeans

Funk, Samuel Mahlon (Kansas State University, 2015-12-01)

This study focuses on the productivity and on-farm efficiency impacts of adopting biotechnology enhanced soybeans (BES). Previous research suggests the adoption of BES and subsequent time savings resulted in labor allocation ...
Measuring the efficiency and productivity of agricultural cooperatives

Pokharel, Krishna Prasad (Kansas State University, 2016-12-01)

This dissertation focuses on measuring the efficiency and productivity for agricultural cooperatives in the United States using the data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach. Economic measures such as cost efficiency, ...
Three empirical essays on mergers and regulation in the telecommunications industry

Seo, Daigyo (Kansas State University, 2007-12-13)

This empirical dissertation consists of three essays on mergers and regulation in the U.S. telecommunications industry. An abstract for each of the three essays follows. Essay 1: This study has attempted to measure the ...