AIIC 2013‚ 24-26 April‚ Azores‚ Portugal - Proceedings- BREAK EVEN ANALYSIS OF BROILER PRODUCTION IN THE ACCRA-TEMA AND KUMASI AREAS Mahama‚ E.A. Agricultural Research Centre‚ University of Ghana‚ Legon Andah‚ E.K. Amegashie‚ D.P.K. Mensah-Bonsu‚ A. Dept of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness‚ University of Ghana‚ Legon Abstract: The paper examines the profitability of broiler production‚ using the break even concept. The break even quantities‚ net present values and internal
Premium Variable cost Net present value Fixed cost
workers‟ experience of the employment relationship‚ have encountered a difficult challenge. The high performance model is seen by a number of practitioners and researchers as the latest attempt to construct an alternative to Taylorism and lean production. Advocates of the high performance workplace (HPW) argue that it places greater emphasis on skill acquisition‚ opportunities to utilise skills‚ employee involvement and influence than lean work places. Appelbaum et al. (2000)‚ in their US-based
Premium Lean manufacturing Manufacturing
500 v. Production cost per unit can be reduced by (a). producing more with increased inputs. (b). producing more with same inputs. (c). eliminating idle time. (d). minimizing resource waste. 4. State the benefits of improvement in productivity to various stakeholders associated with a business entity. Ans. Productivity refers to the physical relation between the quality produced (output) and the quantity of resource used in the course of production (input) Productivity
Premium Productivity Maintenance Control chart
4 The Labour Market Context of HRM Chapter Objectives • To define internal and external labour markets • To outline the role of HRM as the interface between an organisation and its labour markets • To identify the changing labour market conditions under which contemporary organisations operate • To critically evaluate the implications for HRM of the ‘knowledge economy’ • To outline how labour market trends are impacting upon how organisations utilise labour and how HRM practices
Premium Supply and demand Labor Employment
According to Sloman‚ (2004)‚ production is the transformation of inputs into outputs by firms in order to earn profit. Production can be divided into two types‚ that is short-run production and long-run production. Production in the short-run is the production period of time over which at least one factor is fixed as production in the long-run is the production period of time long enough for all factors to be varied. As mentioned by Sloman‚ (2004)‚ production in the short-run is subject to diminishing
Premium Costs Economics Cost
Marx and the Marxist theory of historical materialism‚ a mode of production (in German: Produktionsweise‚ meaning ’the way of producing ’) is a specific combination of: * productive forces: these include human labour power and available knowledge given the level of technology in the means of production (e.g. tools‚ equipment‚ buildings and technologies‚ materials‚ and improved land). * social and technical relations of production: these include the property‚ power and control relations governing
Premium Marxism Sociology Karl Marx
Globalization and child labour Introduction Globalization can be seen in many different forms. According to (Gunter & van der Hoeven‚ 2004) it often refers to the gradual integration of economies and societies driven by a lot of factors. New technologies and economic relationships can both be seen as major drivers of globalization (Gunter & van der Hoeven). Also‚ national and international policies of governments‚ international organizations and civil society contribute to the globalization
Premium Globalization
Production Analysis unit 5 Unit 5 Structure 5.1 5.2 Introduction Objectives Meaning of production and production function 5.2.1 Uses of production function 5.2.2 Production function with one variables input case 5.2.3 Production function with two variable input 5.2.4 Long run production function 5.2.5 Economies of scale 5.2.6 Diseconomies of scale 5.2.7 Internalisation of external economies 5.2.8 Externalisation of internal diseconomies 5.2.9 Economies of scope
Premium Economics of production Economics Microeconomics
Understanding Children’s Work Project Working Paper Series‚ January 2002 1. Child labour and health: evidence and research issues O. O’Donnell E. Van Doorslaer F.C. Rosati January 2002 Child labour and health: evidence and research issues Owen O’Donnell∗ F. C. Rosati** Eddy van Doorslaer*** Working Paper January 2002 Understanding Children’s Work (UCW) Project University of Rome “Tor Vergata” Faculty of Economics Via Columbia 2‚ 00133 Rome Tel: +39 06.7259.5618 Fax:
Premium Occupational safety and health Health International Labour Organization
1. Introduction: What is Labour Migration? 2. Migration in India: Statistical Framework and Regional Disparities 2.1 Inter – state migration flows 1991-2002 2.2 Inter-state migration: socio-economic determinants 3. Who Migrates? 3.1 Female Migration 3.2 Segmentation of labour markets by ethnic group 3.3 Age Profile of Migrants 3.4 Do the poorest migrate? 4. Causes of Migration 4.1 Push Factors 4.2 Pull Factors 4.3 The Urban Informal Sector
Premium Human migration