SMART Journal of Business Management Studies
Open Access
  • Year: 2008
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 2

Measurement of productivity of BOC Bangladesh Limited through econometric model

  • Author:
  • Tapash Kumar Neogy1, Mizanur Rahman2, Amitav Saha3
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 8 to 13

1M. Phil. Fellow, Department of Accounting and Information System (AIS), Rajshahi University, Bangaldesh

2Lecturer in Management, Govt. Titumir College, Dhaka, Bangaldesh

3BBA & MBA, Department of Management, Rajshahi University, Bangaldesh

Online published on 11 September, 2015.

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to measure the productivity of BOC Bangladesh Limited. In this regard, income statement information during the period 1991 to 2006 has been analyzed. The growth rates of the elements of income and expenditure have also been calculated. The Cobb-Douglas production function and a general productivity analysis have been introduced in this study. The growth rates of the elements of income and expenses indicate excellent increasing trends during the study period. From the productivity analysis, it has been found that though the average productivity of BOC Bangladesh Limited is favorable during the period, it is not highly satisfactory due to increasing trends of expenditures. The Cobb-Douglas production function of our analysis indicates that the dependent variables like total income of BOC Bangladesh Limited during the study period recorded significant and positive relationship with the explanatory variables.