Does productivity affect profitability in dairy processing industry? Evidence from Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia
This paper provides insights into productivity in dairy processing companies in Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia. The aim is to find out whether EBITDA per employee, as a measure of overall productivity as well as labour and capital productivity and their management positively affect company’s profitabi...
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| author | Saša Muminović Željana Aljinović Barać |
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| description | This paper provides insights into productivity in dairy processing companies in Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia. The aim is to find out whether EBITDA per employee, as a measure of overall productivity as well as labour and capital productivity and their management positively affect company’s profitability. Literature review shows that this issue was relatively neglected, although increase in productivity is regarded as the most important factor in maintaining a competitive advantage in most developed countries. Results obtained show that comprehensive measure of productivity EBITDA per employee has statistically significant positive impact on company’s profitability, the same as productivity management components labour cost competitiveness and capital productivity. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cdaba3bde08c4b0ea698cf99e34fd26a2025-08-20T03:04:59ZengCroatian Dairy UnionMljekarstvo0026-704X1846-40252015-11-0165426927910.15567/mljekarstvo.2015.0407Does productivity affect profitability in dairy processing industry? Evidence from Slovenia, Croatia and SerbiaSaša Muminović0Željana Aljinović Barać1Julon d.o.o., Ljubljana, Slovenia, Member of the Aquafil Group, Letališka cesta 15, 1000 Ljubljana, SloveniaUniversity of Split, Faculty of Economics, Cvite Fiskovića 5, 21000 Split, Croatia This paper provides insights into productivity in dairy processing companies in Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia. The aim is to find out whether EBITDA per employee, as a measure of overall productivity as well as labour and capital productivity and their management positively affect company’s profitability. Literature review shows that this issue was relatively neglected, although increase in productivity is regarded as the most important factor in maintaining a competitive advantage in most developed countries. Results obtained show that comprehensive measure of productivity EBITDA per employee has statistically significant positive impact on company’s profitability, the same as productivity management components labour cost competitiveness and capital productivity.http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=218028dairy processing industryprofitabilityproductivitycost efficiency; cost competitiveness |
| spellingShingle | Saša Muminović Željana Aljinović Barać Does productivity affect profitability in dairy processing industry? Evidence from Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia Mljekarstvo dairy processing industry profitability productivity cost efficiency; cost competitiveness |
| title | Does productivity affect profitability in dairy processing industry? Evidence from Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia |
| title_full | Does productivity affect profitability in dairy processing industry? Evidence from Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia |
| title_fullStr | Does productivity affect profitability in dairy processing industry? Evidence from Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does productivity affect profitability in dairy processing industry? Evidence from Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia |
| title_short | Does productivity affect profitability in dairy processing industry? Evidence from Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia |
| title_sort | does productivity affect profitability in dairy processing industry evidence from slovenia croatia and serbia |
| topic | dairy processing industry profitability productivity cost efficiency; cost competitiveness |
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