The Methodology for Assessment of Bioeconomy Efficiency
Energy Procedia 2016
Indra Muižniece, Lelde Timma, Andra Blumberga, Dagnija Blumberga

In order to promote an efficient development of the bioeconomy in Latvia, first, the assessment of the current situation is needed. The challenge is to compere all sectors of bioeconomy under the same terms, but at the same time to capture the diversity of different sectors of the bioeconomy. At the same time not only the comparison itself is vital, but even more - the efficiency of those sectors. Therefore to make a fair comparison two indicators are used in this study: capital productivity and labour productivity by using modified Cobb-Douglas production function. The results show that none of the bioeconomy sectors in Latvia have both a higher investment and labour intensity at the same time. The tendency of ‘buy low & sell high’ exceeds the production of goods in Latvia. The change in one sector would have impact on the whole bioeconomy therefore for further research the development of the bioeconomy should be studied as a whole system.


Keywords
Cobb-Douglas production function, bioeconomy strategy, bioresource, national economy
DOI
10.1016/j.egypro.2016.09.072
Hyperlink
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876610216307111

Muižniece, I., Timma, L., Blumberga, A., Blumberga, D. The Methodology for Assessment of Bioeconomy Efficiency. Energy Procedia, 2016, Vol.95, pp.482-486. ISSN 1876-6102. Available from: doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2016.09.072

Publication language
English (en)
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