@article{Sauer:137386,
      recid = {137386},
      author = {Sauer, Johannes and Latacz-Lohmann, Uwe},
      title = {Efficient Innovation in Dairy Production - Empirical  Findings for Germany},
      address = {2012},
      number = {869-2016-60686},
      pages = {14},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {This empirical study aims to shed light on the dynamic  linkages between innovation and efficiency at  individual
farm level. We use a comprehensive dataset for  dairy farms in Germany for the period 1995 to 2010. Based  on a
directional distance function framework we estimate  the changes in efficiency, technical change  and
productivity over the period considered. In a second  step we then investigate possible factors for  technically
efficient milk production at farm level before  we finally try to identify those farms that are capable  of
translating investments in innovative technologies into  actual efficiency gains over time applying a  multinomial
logit approach. Our empirical findings reveal  that investments in innovative dairy technologies are  only
reflected in higher profitability if sufficient  Know-How for the efficient use of these innovations is  available.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/137386},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.137386},
}