Scientific publications

Departing from conventional TFP index without variable-specific analysis, this paper applies a novel Malmquist productivity index on the basis of the multi-directional efficiency analysis to investigate not only the overall total factor productivity growth, but also the variable-specific productivity growth in the Chinese banking sector.

The present study examines the influence of young farmers’ support system including both direct payments for young farmers and rural development measures initiatives under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on the sustainability of rural regions. The intentions and decisions taken by young farmers in Lithuania are analysed within the rural sustainability concept.

Jalil Heidary Dahooie, Ieva Meidute-Kavaliauskiene, Amir Salar Vanaki, Askoldas Podviezko, Elham Beheshti Jazan Abadi Heidary, D. J., Ieva, M.-K., Salar, V. A., Askoldas, P., Elham, B. J. A. 2020. Development of a firm export performance measurement model using a hybrid multi-attribute decision-making method. Management Decision. ISSN: 0025-1747; https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-09-2019-1156; [ABI Inform, Academic Research Library, Book Review Digest, Business International and Company Profile ASAP, Business Periodicals Index, Business Source Alumni Edition/Complete/Government Edition/Corporate/Corporate Plus/Elite/Premier, Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Management & Marketing, Corporate Resource Net, Current Abstracts, DIALOG, Discovery, Emerald Management Reviews, European Business ASAP, Expanded Academic ASAP, Health Business Elite, INSPEC, International Academic Research Library, OCLC's Electronic Collections Online, ProQuest, PsychINFO, ReadCube Discover, Research Library, Scopus, Social Science Citation Index (ISI), TOC Premier (EBSCO)].

Diferent power generation technologies have different advantages and disadvantages. However, if compared to traditional energy sources, renewable energy sources provide a possibility to solve the climate change and economic decarbonization issues that are so relevant today. Therefore, the analysis and evaluation of renewable energy technologies has been receiving increasing attention in the politics of different countries and the scientific literature.

The empirical study was conducted in the three selected Balkan Countries from former Yugoslavia: Slovenia, Croatia and Montenegro through totally 270 experts’ surveys, 90 questionnaires were distributed to entrepreneurs (30), policy makers (30) and experts from academia (30) in each country in order to assess the CSR level in the country and the effect the main drivers having on CSR level, then followed by the assessment of CSR impacts on Corporate Reputation (CR). The model of multivariate regression was developed for assessment of the impact of the four independent variables (Institutional Environment, Executive Characteristics, Customers’ Expectations and Political Factors) on dependent variable-CSR. The study also analysed the impact of CSR (dependent variable) on CR.

There is little understanding about the effects of adult child migration on the health of elderly parents left behind in the light of economic contribution and time allocation (farm work and emotional cohesion). Using the pooled data from three latest issues of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in the rural areas, this study assesses the impact of child migration on parents’ health by employing instrumental variable approach to deal with the endogeneity problem.

This paper aims at to identify the differences in the performance of the agricultural sectors in the selected European Union Member States. The research covers 21 countries in the period from 2007-2017. The paper uses data from the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN).

Considering the debate related to the potential effects of Brexit on the UK economy, the aim of this paper is to assess the impact of Brexit on the monthly unemployment rate since the vote for the UK leave from the European Union. This is one of the most important indicators of sustainable development for the country.

Traditional economic activities induce environmental pressures. In order to ensure sustainable economic growth, one needs to decouple it from the environmental pressures. Sustainable growth of the agricultural sector is topical in the sense that economic activity supports rural populations, whereas the resulting environmental pressures may affect diverse groups of population. Thus, the analysis of water footprint related to crop farming is important in the sense of efficient resource use and sustainable development of agriculture in general. In this paper, we focus on Lithuanian crop farming and the related green and grey water footprints.

The carbon footprint for organic and conventional crop farming systems was assessed in Kaunas district (Central Lithuania) using the Life Cycle Analysis (LCA). Data from field experiments were applied to define the effects of the organic and conventional crop farming systems. Both manure and mineral fertilizers were applied to the conventional and only manure in the organic rotations. The closed chamber method was employed to calculate carbon footprints of emitted and absorbed CO2 fluxes.