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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
FIRM EFFICIENCY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY USE: EVIDENCE FROM U.S. CASH GRAIN FARMS
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| Autores: |
Hopkins, Jeffrey W.
Morehart, Mitchell J.
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| Data: |
2002-05-15
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| Ano: |
2002
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| Palavras-chave: |
Crop Production/Industries
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| Resumo: |
We implement stochastic frontier analysis techniques to show the effects of information technology use on firm efficiency. Results from a sample of 1,865 U.S. cash grain farms reveals that information technology use within the farm business moved farms significantly towards the efficiency frontier. Also moving farms towards the efficiency frontier were the use of written long-term plans, advanced input acquisition strategies, and increased farm labor hours relative to total labor hours. In contrast, an increase in the debt to asset ratio was associated with movements away from the efficiency frontier.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
4511
http://purl.umn.edu/19759
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
American Agricultural Economics Association>2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA
Selected Paper
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| Formato: |
18
application/pdf
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