Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordAnalysis of Civic Initiatives: Multiparameter Classification of Social InnovationsEvgeny Popov, Jol Stoffers, Zhoomart Omonov, Anna VeretennikovaThis paper focuses on the topical and problematic area of social innovations. The aim of this paper is to develop an original approach to the allocation of social innovations, taking into account characteristics such as the degree of state participation, the scope of application, the type of initiations as well as the degree of novelty, which will be elaborated on … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 11 · 4 Nov 2016 · 7,113 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordDeterminants of Technical Efficiency of Sugarcane Production among Small Holder Farmers in Lao PDRPoungchompu SupapornThis study was to examine technical efficiency in sugarcane production in Savannakhet, Lao PDR. A stochastic frontier production function was applied with the data collected from 110 sample farmers in 2012. The results reveal that cultivated area (p<0.01), hired labor (p<0.10) and capital (p<0.10) are the major significantly positive factors in the output of sugarcane. Mean of technical efficiency was … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 9 · 3 Oct 2015 · 6,678 accessesView PDFCite