%0 Journal Article %1 Burki1998 %A Burki, Abid A. %A Terrell, Dek %D 1998 %J World Development %K entrepreneur dataenvelopmentanalysis efficiency %N 1 %P 155--169 %T Measuring production efficiency of small firms in Pakistan %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VC6-3SX6Y97-C/2/de5bb199ec66080b61fbd2f04d26da62 %V 26 %X This paper examines the efficiency of small manufacturing firms in Gujranwala, Pakistan. In the first step of the study, we construct measures of technical and scale efficiency for a sample of 153 small manufacturing firms from nine industries. The second step includes Tobit regressions of these measures on attributes of the firm and entrepreneur to examine sources of firm efficiency. Results reveal that newer firms, firms run by entrepreneurs with at least primary education, and firms engaging in production subcontracting appear more efficient and that many firms operate at less than the optimal scale.

@article{Burki1998, abstract = {This paper examines the efficiency of small manufacturing firms in Gujranwala, Pakistan. In the first step of the study, we construct measures of technical and scale efficiency for a sample of 153 small manufacturing firms from nine industries. The second step includes Tobit regressions of these measures on attributes of the firm and entrepreneur to examine sources of firm efficiency. Results reveal that newer firms, firms run by entrepreneurs with at least primary education, and firms engaging in production subcontracting appear more efficient and that many firms operate at less than the optimal scale.}, added-at = {2010-11-15T23:03:31.000+0100}, author = {Burki, Abid A. and Terrell, Dek}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/25edb3bb730bced2ae6ab1c50e13d6733/usman.qadir}, interhash = {942d0d2acb6bf815ed72595c2e4b4424}, intrahash = {5edb3bb730bced2ae6ab1c50e13d6733}, issn = {0305-750X}, journal = {World Development}, keywords = {entrepreneur dataenvelopmentanalysis efficiency}, month = {#jan#}, number = 1, pages = {155--169}, timestamp = {2010-11-15T23:03:31.000+0100}, title = {Measuring production efficiency of small firms in Pakistan}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VC6-3SX6Y97-C/2/de5bb199ec66080b61fbd2f04d26da62}, volume = 26, year = 1998 }