May 2015

The production activities of sugar factories in Turkey and Malmquist total factor productivity analysis

In this study, total factor productivity (TFP) with variance in its components as well as the technical efficiency levels of 25 active sugar factories in Turkey are surveyed via Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Malmquist Total Factor Productivity method using the panel data from Turkish Sugar Factories Corporation’s annual activity reports. The aim of the study is to determine the comparative production...

Author(s): Ferhat PEHLÄ°VANOGLU, Yüksel BAYRAKTAR and Zaim Reha YAÅžAR

May 2015

Evaluation of the land management harmony degree based on the three attributes of land: The case study of Beijing

The paper firstly constructs the evaluation system of land management harmony degree based on the three attributes of land about resources, assets and capital, then calculates and evaluates regional land management harmony degree combined with the empirical data of Beijing. Methods of multi-objective weighted function and analytic hierarchy process are employed. On this...

Author(s): Zhang Hong, Zhang Yi, Zhang Yang and Wang Yue