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International Political Actorness of the EU: the Dichotomy of Agent and Structure
Theories of international relations, regional integration and comparative politics have significant difficulties with the classification of the EU as an actor of international politics.
Gnatyuk Nikolay Nikolaevich
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Resilience and the world order: the EU and the RIC states. [PDF]
Nitoiu C, Pasatoiu F.
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Actor-Critic Reinforcement Learning with Phased Actor
Policy gradient methods in actor-critic reinforcement learning (RL) have become perhaps the most promising approaches to solving continuous optimal control problems. However, the trial-and-error nature of RL and the inherent randomness associated with solution approximations cause variations in the learned optimal values and policies.
Ruofan Wu, Junmin Zhong, Jennie Si
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ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar +2 more
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Connectivity and Order: an Analytical Framework. [PDF]
Gaens B, Sinkkonen V, Vogt H.
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An actor manages: actor training and managerial ideology
This article reads the development of psychologically based actor training against larger changes in the organisation of work in North America and Europe in the twentieth century. Konstantin Stanislavky's System and later adaptations including the American Method are wrapped into a larger ideology of individual self-management and discipline – mental ...
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Coming to terms with the complexity of external agency in central Asia
During the 1990s, Central Asia emerged as an idiom for the uncertainty pervading the post-Cold War climate of global life. This paper therefore queries the intertwining of the region in world politics and the ways in which the dynamics of international ...
Emilian Kavalski
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Nonpolar Europe? Examining the causes and drivers behind the decline of ordering agents in Europe. [PDF]
Haukkala H.
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Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis
ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
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