This aim of this article is to analyze the relation of size and operational efficiency of sugar and ethanol plants in the northeastern region of São Paulo state. In order to achieve this goal, a survey was conducted to identify the consumption of the main resources (inputs) and product creation...

In Nigeria gone are the days when public enterprises were the beacons of the economy due to the perennial low productivity, which is now a tag on them with its resultant ramshackle efficiency. In order to boost the economy a new wind is blowing amongst the developing countries of the world and...

En el Consejo Europeo de Lisboa (2000) los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de la Unión Europea fijaron como objetivo conseguir que la economía europea se convirtiese en la más competitiva y dinámi-ca del mundo para el año 2010. De este modo las actividades de investigación y desarrollo (I+D)...