Relationship between efficiency and profitability: The case of Czech swine sector

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Result on the web

<a href="https://revistas.inia.es/index.php/sjar/article/view/16876" target="_blank" >https://revistas.inia.es/index.php/sjar/article/view/16876</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5424/sjar/2021191-16876" target="_blank" >10.5424/sjar/2021191-16876</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Relationship between efficiency and profitability: The case of Czech swine sector

Original language description

Aim of study: To examine the link between economic efficiency and profitability of firms belonging to the swine sector. Area of study: This study is devoted to the Czech swine sector that forms the traditional and essential part of agriculture in the Czech Republic. Material and methods: Data from the Albertina CZ Gold Edition database for the period 2008-2017 were used. To evaluate the economic efficiency, the data envelopment analysis models are applied. Return on equity, return on assets and return on sales are used to measure profitability. To assess the relationship between economic efficiency and profitability, the Pearson correlation coefficient is used. Main results: The results demonstrate that there is no clear link between the economic efficiency of firms and their profitability in this industry. The correlation between all three profitability ratios and efficiency score were predominantly positive but not statistically significant in many cases. The economies of scale and scope and the construction of profitability indicators could be the main factors explaining the fact that companies achieving higher efficiency are not also more profitable. Research highlights: The study provides material useful to owners, managers, and customers of Czech agriculture firms. It identifies the relatively high efficiency of firms measured relatively to the best Czech company. In the European context, however, the efficiency of Czech firms belonging to the swine sector is low. It also reveals that the profitability of the firms is not a representative proxy for economic efficiency.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40500 - Other agricultural sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research

ISSN

2171-9292

e-ISSN

2171-9292

Volume of the periodical

19

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

e0102

UT code for WoS article

000641051000002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85104954539