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Title: Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

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? Avkiran, N.K. and Parker, B.R. (2010), Pushing the DEA research envelope. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 44 (1), 1-7.

Full Text: 2010\Soc-Eco Pla Sci44, 1.pdf

Abstract: This brief article first investigates key dimensions underlying the progress realized by data envelopment analysis (DEA) methodologies. The resulting perspective is then used to encourage reflection on future paths for the field. Borrowing from the social sciences literature, we distinguish between problematization and gap identification in suggesting strategies to push the DEA research envelope. Emerging evidence of a declining number of influential methodological (theory)-based publications, and a flattening diffusion of applications imply an unfolding maturity of the field. Such findings suggest that focusing on known limitations of DEA, and/or of its applications, while searching for synergistic partnerships with other methodologies, can create new and fertile grounds for research. Possible future directions might thus include ‘DEA in practice’, ‘opening the black-box of production,’ ‘rationalizing inefficiency,’ and ‘the productivity dilemma.’ What we are therefore proposing is a strengthening of the methodology’s contribution to fields of endeavor both including, and beyond, those considered in the past.

Keywords: Advancing Research, Data Envelopment Analysis, Gap Identification, Problematization

Title: Sociologia

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? Mistrikova, L. (1996), Social context of health and illness: Starting points and facilities of investigation. Sociologia, 28 (4), 317-324.

Full Text: Sociologia28, 317.pdf

Abstract: The aim of the paper is to revive scientific interest in sociology of medicine as theoretical and methodological starting point of investigation of present problems of health and illness. The paper presents thematic field of sociology of medicine, its historical development, the relevance of study of patient-doctor relationship, the findings of social aspects of therapeutic process and relationship between sociology and clinical pharmacology. The author argues that people’s attitude (approach) towards their health, doctor. and their behaviour in patient’s role is changing due factors such as continuous increase of information and democratisation of people’s access to it, demythologising of medicine and failures of huge centralised health service institutions and the competition of so called alternative medicine. In changing social climate patient is expected to take active role in therapeutic process-to be informed, responsible and co-operating. On the other hand, the use of sociological knowledge can help physicians to do more effective therapy and contribute to enhanced human life quality. The paper draws attention to works of several contemporary authors with various disciplinary backgrounds (medicine, clinical pharmacology, epidemiology, etc.) joined by common interest in use of sociological knowledge and by taking sociology as the partner in interdisciplinary approach to multidimensional problem of human health.

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Full Journal Title: Sociologia Ruralis

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? Tanaka, K., Juska, A. and Busch, L. (1999), Globalization of agricultural production and research: The case of the rapeseed subsector. Sociologia Ruralis, 39 (1), 54-77.

Full Text: 1999\Soc Rur39, 54.pdf

Abstract: In the realms of business, policy and intellectual discussion, science and technology have been treated historically as enabling agents for the development of new products, technologies, knowledge, organizational and geographical arrangements of economic activities. However, relatively little attention has been paid to the analysis of how the globalization of production activities, which has been made possible in part by various scientific achievements, is changing technoscience itself. This paper examines the worldwide interaction between agricultural research and agricultural production by using the rapeseed subsector as an example. Bibliometric data on rapeseed, and economic statistics of production, import and export of rapeseed and its products between 1940 and 1996 are used simultaneously to examine the globalization of the rapeseed subsector and research activities in Canada, the US, Japan, China, India, the UK, France and Germany. A typology of production and research strategies that major rapeseed producing countries use to compete on the world oilseed market is developed.

Keywords: Analysis, Bibliometric, Canola, China, Countries, Development, France, Germany, Globalization, Interaction, Japan, Knowledge, Research, Science, Science and Technology, Statistics, Technologies, Technology, US

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