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CHAPTER1.
FATHERSOFAGRIBUSINESSFINANCE
Thekeyscientificareasresearchedbyprof.Manteuffelarereflected,inasome-
whatsimplifiedway,throughhispublishedbooks.Heworkedinaratherpeculiarway.
Whenfacedwithagivenscientificorresearchproblem,hegraduallyGchipped”atitin
anumberofsmallerworkspublishedasarticles.Then,aftergatheringthenecessary
knowledgehewroteafullbookintheformofanacademictextbookoramonograph.
Hisbooks,orderedbypublishingdate,include:
1.Effectivenessofinvestinginagriculture.Monograph,1963.
2.
Agriculturalaccounting.Textbook.VolumeI-accounting,1963,VolumeII-costs
andcalculations,1964.
3.Economicsandorganizationofagriculturalmanuallabor.Textbook,1971.
4.
Economicbasisofproduction-relateddecisionsinstate-ownedagriculturalholdings.
Monograph,1974.
5.Sizeofanagriculturalholdingandcompany.Monograph,1976.
6.Economicsandorganizationofanagriculturalholding.Textbook,1979.
7.Managinganddirectinganagriculturalholding.Textbook,1981.
Hiskeyachievementsinthesphereofagribusinessfinanceinclude:
developingper-unitcostestimates,whichbecameamodelforallcostestimates;
introducingthegrossprofitcategorytoPolisheconomicsandpopularizingspe-
cialcosts;
introducingprogramplanningtechniquestoholdingorganization;
statingandpopularizinghisopinionsonthesizeofagriculturalholdingsandcom-
panies,aswellastheeffectivenessofeconomiesofscale;
promotingarationalapproachtowardsproductionprocessesinagricultureand
combatinggigantomania;
organizingthetermsandtheirdefinitionsinthefieldofeconomicsandorgani-
zationofagriculture,aswellasintroducingsomeoftheassessmentandfactor
indicators.
ItshouldbementionedthatProfessorManteuffelwasanincrediblywise,righteous,
humbleandkind-heartedman.
ProfessorRyszardManteuffel,PhD,doctorhonoriscausa,gatheredawidegroup
aroundhim,primarilycomposedofyoungresearchersandpractitionersagricultural
economists,includingfinanciers.HeestablishedtheScientificSchoolofAgricultu-
ralEconomicsandOrganization.Hepromotedseveralhundredmastersdissertations
andoversaw12postdoctoraldissertations.AmongProf.Manteuffel’sschoolpartici-
pants,approximatelytwentyhavebecometitledprofessors.Hewas,onecouldsay,the
professorofprofessors.
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