摘要
An exploratory survey was conducted to assess economic profitability of cane based furniture enterprises in Chittagong City Corporation area of Bangladesh. A multistage random sampling was adopted to carry out the study. Based on the total investment the enterprises were divided into large, medium and small.. Most of the entrepreneurs （55%） are in the age class 40-50 years and only （18.33%）are ＞50 years. In small and medium category lowest entrepreneurs （8.33% each） are found graduate and 18.33% in large farm. Most of the enterprises are in the small category （45%） and 66.67% labors are skilled whereas only 33.33% are unskilled. Seven articles of sixteen different sizes were identified made from cane, which are Sofa （45 cm × 45 cm, 50 cm × 50 cm and 55 cm × 55 cm）, Dinning （4ch. 1tab,and 6ch. 1tab.）, Bed （1 m × 2m, 1.3 m × 2.3 m and 1.5 m × 2.3 m）, Chair （45 cm × 45 cm and 50 cm ×50 cm）, Rocking chair （large size,medium and small size）, Dolna （Hanging and Running） and Partition. In all the three category enterprises chair （45 cm × 45 cm） was produced in highest number and the lowest production was Bed （1.5 m × 2.3 m）. The total net benefit （2089 US$） and benefit cost ratio （1：16）was the highest for large cane enterprises. So among three categories of the cane enterprises the large enterprises are more profitable than others.
采用分阶段抽样方式对大港市藤家具企业的经济效益进行调查。根据总投资将企业分为大型、中型和小型三类。大部分的企业(55%)已有40-50年的历史,仅有18.33%的企业历史超过50年。在小型和中型企业中,具有大学毕业文凭的企业家只占8.33%,而大型企业的大学毕业者占18.33%。大部分企业(45%)属于小型企业,66.67%的工人经过技术培训。7种商品是藤类制品并有16种尺寸,如沙发(45cm×45cm,50cm×50cm and55cm×55cm),配套餐桌(4把椅子,1个桌子,或6把椅子1个桌子),床(1m×2m,1.3m×2.3m and1.5m×2.3m),椅子(45cm×45cm and50cm×50cm),摇椅(大、中、小)等。在所有大型、中型和小型企业中,以生产椅子最多,床最少。大型藤家具企业的总净收益和收益造价比(1:16)最高。图2表3参21。
