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Chew T. A., . and Mohd. Yusof Shahabuddin, . Measuring productivity/efficiency in rubber estates: a frontier cost function approach. pp. 303-314. ISSN 0127-7065
Abstract
The focus of the paper is in the determination of productivity efficiency in rubber estates and its implications. The concept of frontier production function is utilised to measure the efficiency of an estates operation. The stochastic cost frontier model is used to measure the deviation of an estates performance from the frontier. Data from the annual costing and management survey of estates were tested on the model. Empirical result shows that there is no evidence of increasing returns to scale for rubber production in estates although economies of size exert influences on certain aspects of its operation. The result also indicates that the type of management the level of fixed cost and yield per hectare contribute towards the efficient operation of an estate.
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Abstract
The focus of the paper is in the determination of productivity efficiency in rubber estates and its implications. The concept of frontier production function is utilised to measure the efficiency of an estates operation. The stochastic cost frontier model is used to measure the deviation of an estates performance from the frontier. Data from the annual costing and management survey of estates were tested on the model. Empirical result shows that there is no evidence of increasing returns to scale for rubber production in estates although economies of size exert influences on certain aspects of its operation. The result also indicates that the type of management the level of fixed cost and yield per hectare contribute towards the efficient operation of an estate.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| AGROVOC Term: | Rubber industry |
| AGROVOC Term: | Stochastic models |
| AGROVOC Term: | Management |
| AGROVOC Term: | Operational processes |
| AGROVOC Term: | Job performance |
| AGROVOC Term: | Costing |
| AGROVOC Term: | Efficiency |
| AGROVOC Term: | Productivity |
| AGROVOC Term: | Production functions |
| AGROVOC Term: | Plantations |
| Geographical Term: | Malaysia |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim |
| Last Modified: | 28 Apr 2025 04:42 |
| URI: | http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23467 |
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