scholarly journals Resources based factors of competitiveness of agricultural enterprises

Management ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 368-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Matyja
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Managerial Competencies ◽  
Agricultural Enterprises ◽  
Know How ◽  
Intangible Resources ◽  
External Conditions ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Profitability Ratios

Summary Among many different definitions of competitiveness it is difficult to pinpoint the most appropriate one. In the paper it was defined as the ability to be profitable by effective use of available resources. The profitability ratios (ROS, ROA, ROE and value index) were proposed as measures of competitiveness and resources were indicated as one of the group of factors that has an impact on it. Precisely, the purpose of the paper was to examine the relationship between selected resourced based factors and competitiveness of agricultural enterprises. The study was done with the use of correlation analysis on the basis of statistical data on selected Polish companies operating in agriculture. The main finding was that the analyzed resources (the level of labour, size and quality of agricultural land and size of assets) were weakly correlated with competitiveness. This observation means that other factors have stronger impact on agricultural company’s competitiveness. They can refer to intangible resources (such as relational capital, know-how, managerial competencies, technological resources etc.) and external conditions (such as climate, legal issues) of agricultural enterprises.

scholarly journals A Study on the Relationship between Land Use Change and Water Quality of the Mitidja Watershed in Algeria Based on GIS and RS

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 3510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dechao Chen ◽  
Acef Elhadj ◽  
Hualian Xu ◽  
Xinliang Xu ◽  
Zhi Qiao
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Vegetation Coverage ◽  
Water Quality Control ◽  
Urban Settlement ◽  
The Relationship

Many catchments in northern Algeria, including the coastal Mitidja Basin in the north central part of the country have been negatively affected by the deterioration of water quality in recent years. This study aims to discover the relationship between land use change and its impact on water quality in the coastal Mitidja river basin. Based on the data of land use and water quality in 2000, 2010 and 2017, the relationship between land use change and surface water quality index in the Mitidja Watershed was discussed through GIS and statistical analysis. The results show that the physical and chemical properties of the Mitidja river basin have obvious spatial heterogeneity. The water quality of upstream was better than that of downstream. There was a significant spatial relationship between the eight water quality indicators and three land use types, including urban residential land, agricultural land and vegetation. In most cases, settlements and agricultural land are the dominant factors leading to river pollution, and higher vegetation coverage helps to improve water quality. The regression model revealed that percentage of urban settlement area was a predictor for NH4-N, BOD5, COD, SS, PO4-P, DO and pH, while vegetation was a predictor for NO3-N. The analysis also showed that during this period, urban settlement areas increased sharply, which has a significant impact on water quality variables. Agricultural land only had a significant positive correlation with PO4-P. The results provide an effective way to evaluate river water quality, control water pollution and land use management by landscape pattern.

Teaching Political Science

1969 ◽  
Vol 2 (03) ◽  
pp. 303-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard J. Fein
Keyword(s):  
Good Teacher ◽  
Good Teaching ◽  
Good Sense ◽  
Know How ◽  
Quality Of Teaching ◽  
Curricular Revision ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Scientific Standards ◽  
Analysis Of Teaching

Since we have hardly any criteria for measuring good teaching, we have hardly any instructions on how to be a good teacher; so much so, that the issue itself is generally treated with some embarrassment in academic circles. Except as one is truly an extaordinary teacher, in which case we defer to his gift, sustained interest in teaching is viewed as something of a gaucherie. This shocks our friends and distresses our students, but it makes perfectly good sense, since we conventionally assume that good teachers are born, not made. (If they were made, then we should be able to make them; since we do not profess to know how to make them, yet they continue to turn up here and there, they must be born.)The logic is somewhat circular, and quite like a self-fulfilling prophecy. Having established that good teaching, when it happens, is essentially accidental, and hence not scientifically reproducible, we snicker at the “educationists” who profess to have identified “rules” for our work. There does exist, for example, a body of literature which employs scientific standards to identify the best methods for presenting various kinds of knowledge to students. Yet this is a literature which is almost totally unknown to anyone who is likely to make use of it. Thus its validity has not been tested, except experimentally.Although random efforts to improve the quality of teaching, and perhaps to apply the same standards in our analysis of teaching that we apply in our research, seem to be increasing, it is, on the whole, unlikely that they will grow substantially. For the most part, such efforts are directed at curricular revision, or at restructuring of course contents; they rarely deal with the nature of the relationship between the teacher and his students. And, even when they do, they must overcome an ethic of futility which is firmly established in our graduate schools.

scholarly journals Chronic constipation in pediatric practice: what do we know? Anything new?

2019 ◽  
pp. 16-26
Author(s):  
R. A. Fayzullina ◽  
S. V. Belmer
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Constipation ◽  
Functional Constipation ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Prolonged Treatment ◽  
Strict Adherence ◽  
Adherence To Diet ◽  
Treatment And Prevention ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
The Relationship

Constipation among children is an extremely widespread state. They arise at any age and may pose major challenges, disrupting the child’s health with the risk of complications, regressing the quality of life of both the child and his family members. Having arisen once, constipation among children can recur, require repeated and prolonged treatment. For children, functional constipation is the most common. According to international recommendations, it is not necessary to resort to complicated methods for its diagnosis, wherein the treatment and prevention of constipation in children requires a fairly strict adherence to diet, motor activity and drug therapy. The evidence base on the use of certain foods for constipation is expanding. The relationship between constipation and intestinal microbiota disturbance was revealed, providing a theoretical basis for the microbial treatment of chronic constipation. Among the wide variety of laxatives traditionally prescribed for constipation in children’s practice, safe and effective use is proven with the use of polyethylene glycol (macrogol) and lactulose.

scholarly journals Methodological Bases for Assessing the Development Potential of Enterprises` Management Personnel

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-61
Author(s):  
Olexandr Yemelyanov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Management ◽  
Management Competencies ◽  
Development Potential ◽  
Managerial Competencies ◽  
Management Personnel ◽  
Managerial Competence ◽  
Methodological Principles ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Enterprise Activity

Introduction. The success of enterprises depends on many factors. One of the most important among them is the level of managers’ competencies. This level directly determines the quality of management decisions that are made and implemented at enterprises, and, accordingly, determines the efficiency of using their resources. Under such conditions, the assessment of the development potential of the managerial staff of enterprises based on the analysis of their competencies makes it possible to simultaneously establish reserves for improving the performance of these enterprises. Purpose. This study aims at developing and testing methodological principles for assessing the development potential of the enterprises` management personnel based on the analysis of management competencies. Results. Approaches to grouping the main competencies of employees of the enterprise management subsystem have been established. The necessity to determine the list of partial managerial competencies for each general managerial competence has been substantiated. It has been shown that for this purpose it is possible to apply the method of dividing the general administrative competence into separate stages of its realization. The sequence of diagnosing the level of competencies of the employees of the enterprise management subsystem has been offered. An indicator for assessing the managers’ level by the entire set of general competencies has been developed. Grading of separate characteristics of special competences of the employees of the enterprise management subsystem has been offered. Peculiarities of diagnosing managerial competencies concerning the substantiation of planned indicators of the enterprise activity have been determined. The obtained results have been tested on the example of a number of enterprises. Conclusions. Assessing the development potential of the enterprises` management personnel should include identifying opportunities to improve certain general and special competencies of managers of these enterprises. For this purpose, it is necessary to identify the main competencies, establish the relationship between them, and perform their quantification. To solve these problems, the methodological principles of assessing the development potential of the enterprises` management personnel, developed in this paper, can be used.

scholarly journals It's a Non-Dialysis Day… Do You Know How Your Patient Is Doing? A Case for Research into Interdialytic Activity

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 74-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Mendoza ◽  
Maggie Han ◽  
Anna Meyring-Wösten ◽  
Kenneth Wilund ◽  
Peter Kotanko
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Standard Method ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Improve Patient Care ◽  
Know How ◽  
Tracking Devices ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Improve Patient

Hemodialysis (HD) patients are less active than their healthy counterparts; this is associated with higher mortality. Healthcare workers observe their patients only during HD, which accounts for about 7% of the week. Knowing more about what occurs in between sessions, particularly with respect to physical activity, may improve patient care and prognosis. Yet without a standard method to measure interdialytic activity, it is difficult to compare the effect of interventions. However, it is unclear how interdialytic activity can be accurately measured. Since activity associated with quality of life is multi-dimensional, objective and subjective tools should be used in conjunction. While commercially available tracking devices can be seamlessly incorporated into everyday life and can increase awareness of user's activity, their validation is needed in the HD population. Fertile topics for research should include the relationship between objective and subjective measures in HD patients, and the investigation of physical activity in non-ambulatory HD patients.

scholarly journals Intangible Strategic Assets and Firm Performance: A Multi-Industry Study of The Resource-Based View

1970 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-117
Author(s):  
Michael Michalisin ◽  
Douglas Kline ◽  
Robert Smith
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Fortune 500 ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Know How ◽  
Intangible Resources ◽  
Industry Study ◽  
Strategic Assets ◽  
Relative Return ◽  
The Relationship

According to the Resource-Based View (RBV), firms achieve a sustainablecompetitive advantage and earn superior profits by owning or controlling strategicassets. The RBV literature, Hall's empirical findings (1992, 1993), and othercorroborating literature indicate that certain intangible resources, such asreputation, know how, and organizational culture, possess the characteristics ofstrategic assets. This study empirically tests the relationship between theseintangible strategic assets and relative return on shareholders' equity using 100randomly selected Fortune 500 and Service 500 firms. The results are statisticallysignificant and strongly support RBV.

scholarly journals Results of agricultural enterprises economy in 2004

2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (No. 1) ◽  
pp. 31-44
Author(s):  
F. Střeleček ◽  
J. Lososová ◽  
R. Zdeněk
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Continuous Analysis ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Agricultural Enterprises ◽  
External Conditions ◽  
The Eu

The study has been elaborated on the basis of a continuous analysis of economic results of a selected sample of agricultural enterprises operating in different climatic and productional conditions. Long-term tendencies and their influencing factors are defined on the basis of this analysis. The goal of this study is to evaluate the influence of external conditions on the economy of agricultural enterprises and on their economic results and to analyze the influence of the accession of the Czech Republic to the EU on the change of economic conditions of agricultural enterprises. On the basis of this study, the authors measures which would intensify the influence of agricultural enterprising on the rural development and which would improve the quality of life of rural inhabitants.

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF LAND USE CONDITIONS BY AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS OF OMSK REGION

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 91-98
Author(s):  
Ольга Долматова ◽  
Ol'ga Dolmatova ◽  
Юрий Рогатнев ◽  
Yuriy Rogatnev
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Steppe Zone ◽  
Forest Steppe ◽  
Agricultural Organizations ◽  
Labor Resources ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Means Of Production

The article presents the results of applying the methodology for assessing the quality of land to ensure effective agricultural production. On the basis of correlation-regression analysis, indicators were chosen, that ensure high and medium tightness of communication, necessary for the formation of effective use of land by agricultural organizations in the context of municipal districts of Omsk region. Using the variation coefficient, which shows the relative measure of the spread of data, a set is defined. Based on the selected indicators, in accordance with the scaling factor scale, an index assessment of the conditions was carried out, which showed that the agricultural organizations of the steppe and southern forest-steppe zone of Omsk region are most favorable for natural conditions and land properties. Not so definitely, but, basically, the situation of advantage in the supply of labor resources to organizations of the steppe and southern forest-steppe zone was confirmed. However, in terms of the availability of the main means of production, the best indicators are for organizations of the southern forest-steppe zone, which in the end provided them with an advantage in the anthropogenic conditions of using the land in front of other zones. In general, the overall quality of land use conditions in the areas of the southern forest-steppe was higher than in other areas. This has had a decisive impact on the level of efficiency of agricultural land use in the districts of the region. In general, the areas of the southern forest-steppe have a higher efficiency of land use and the efficiency of crop production.

scholarly journals Role of talents in the development of agribusiness organisations

2012 ◽  
Vol 51 (No. 6) ◽  
pp. 265-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Horalíková ◽  
R. Zuzák
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Corporate Culture ◽  
Agricultural Enterprises ◽  
Know How ◽  
Intangible Resources ◽  
Talented People ◽  
The World

Currently, the world of business is more and more dominated by companies which possess and know how to exploit their intangible resources, in particular the potential of their employees, to achieve competitiveness. The importance of learning organisations, knowledge organisations and corporate culture has been constantly growing. The article presents the outcomes of a survey carried out with the aim of identifying attitudes of managers of agribusiness organisations to talented people and the role of these people in gaining a competitive advantage. The survey has found that Czech agricultural enterprises are somewhat special in this area and that the existing conditions affect managers’ approaches and distinguish them from other large companies in other industries. It has also shown that agricultural companies do not have the same opportunities as large companies to select and develop talented individuals, and therefore these activities should be carried out, to a large extent, by universities.

scholarly journals Certain aspects of evaluation of the level of efficiency of intensification in milk production

2019 ◽  
pp. 63-69
Author(s):  
Valery Kolosha
Keyword(s):  
Milk Production ◽  
Cost Efficiency ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Dairy Farming ◽  
Production Performance ◽  
Agricultural Enterprises ◽  
Student’S T ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Student’S T Test

Evaluation of the influence of production intensity in the field of dairy farming on the level of economic efficiency was performed using agricultural enterprises of the Region of Kharkiv and Chernihiv as examples. The enterprises were grouped according to the level of expenses per cow: up to UAH 10,000, UAH 10,000.1 - UAH 15,000, UAH 15,000.1 - 20,000, UAH 20,000.1 - 25,000 and more than UAH 25,000. It was established that production intensity in the field of dairy farming is very closely related with productivity of animals. In order to verify the significance of differences between groups under the parameter of cow productivity, comparison of the means by Student’s t-test was used that confirmed defi-niteness of this difference. Productivity of cows consistently increased from the first to the fifth group. It was determined that in absolute terms the largest difference was between the fourth and fifth groups of enterprises, which amounted to 1685 kg, and in relative terms - between the first and second - 37.0%. The regression model developed on the example of agricultural enterprises at the Region of Chernihiv allowed to determine influence and closeness of relationship between the level of prof-itability of milk production and independent indicators: productivity of cows (milk yield per 1 cow), the size of agricultural land, production cost of 1 quintal of milk and the share of milk in the structure of marketable products. The nonlinear nature of the relationship between the cost per cow and the level of profitability of milk production has been established. Based on the constructed model, it was determined that in the agricultural enterprises of the Region of Chernihiv at the average level of management in 2016 the highest cost efficiency level (16.1%) took place for the expendi-ture of 29174.6 UAH / head. At agricultural enterprises of the Region of Kharkiv, the highest cost efficiency level in 2018 (17.3 %) was reported for the expenditure of UAH 40,241/head. Key words: dairy farming, production performance, production intensity, cost efficiency, non-linear dependence of parameters, correlation model.

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