& This study investigates the sources of total factor productivity (TFP) growth in rainbow trout production in Iran using data envelopment analysis (DEA). The Malmquist index is then employed to decompose the TFP growth into technical efficiency change and technological progress. We utilized panel data of 207 trout farms in the country over a 5-year period from 2003 to 2007. The results of this study revealed that TFP growth of rainbow trout farming has an increasing trend over the period at an average annual rate of 3.7%. The trend of cumulative technological change is negative and tends to be contrary to cumulative technical efficiency change. Although there is no technological change or innovation on trout farming, the technical efficiency change was found to be the sole source for TFP change, whereas the mean of technical efficiency was estimated to be about 66%. Therefore, there is still a great relative potential for increasing trout production through improvement in managerial efficiency as well as technological progress. The study suggests that Iran also has considerable room to enhance trout aquaculture's TFP growth by shifting the production frontier with adoption of new technologies and improving innovation.
The present study seeks to examine the impact of customer relationship management (CRM) and organizational learning capabilities (OLC) on the financial performance of the company that produces products of Cinere plant origin. To measure organizational learning capabilities and measure customer relationship management used of the standard questionnaires formats. The research questionnaire was distributed among 90 individuals of the statistical community that was all the directors and employees of Cinere Company and were randomly studied. The research method was descriptive correlational. In order to answer the questions and investigate the research hypotheses with smart-PLS terminals, the method of studying structural equations and path analysis using partial least squares method (PLS) was used. The results showed that organizational learning capabilities and its dimensions have a positive and significant effect on customer relationship management and company financial performance. On the other hand, the research results do not confirm the significant effect of customer relationship management and its dimensions on financial performance of the company.
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