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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of Payment System: Case of Central Bank in Bahrain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This study analyses the payment system of the Central Bank of Bahrain based on interviews with bankers in addition to distributing 70 questionnaires to seven banks.
Felaifel, AA, Harris, P, Shubita, M
core  

Britain’s decision to withdraw from the Persian Gulf: a pattern not a puzzle [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The reasons for the British decision to withdraw from the Gulf are highly contentious. While some scholars have focused on short-term considerations, especially the devaluation of sterling towards the end of 1967, in the British determination to quit the
Smith, Simon C.
core   +1 more source

Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Undiversity, inequity, and exclusion in supply chains: The unintended fallout of economic sanctions and consumer boycotts

open access: yesProduction and Operations Management, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Economic sanctions and consumer boycotts are common tools to punish organizations for undesirable behavior and attempt to coerce them to change their actions. However, these tools occasionally spill over beyond the intended recipients and affect guiltless supply chain members, jeopardizing the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion in ...
Timofey Shalpegin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The development of a pharmacovigilance system in Bahrain

open access: yesSaudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2022
Introduction: The pharmacovigilance system is playing a vital role in the process of patient safety through reporting of ADRs and other drug-related problems. Although, the.Pharmacovigilance system is well established in other Gulf Cooperation Countries (
Zainab Abdulrasool
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding professional community and professional identity through the experiences of Bahraini teachers working with British teachers in a partnership project [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper is an exploration into the nature of the professional community that is formed when teachers from different nations work together. The research presented here consists of the findings from a small-scale exploratory case study that is the ...
Underwood, M James
core   +1 more source

Advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) – An analysis of the global regulatory status

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background A rapid progress in the development of advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) has taken place over the past decades. The ATMPs hold great potential but face challenges in the clinical development and the regulatory process.
Allan Cramer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Niche Markets and Their Lessons [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Markets are full of nooks and crannies. Out of the glare of the big economies and their public exchanges, markets specializing by financial product, activity, or industry thrive, often attracting little by way of formal regulatory oversight. But there is
Jordan, Cally
core   +1 more source

Circular Economy Pathways for Airport Climate Change Mitigation

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Airport operators face growing climate‐change pressures; the circular economy offers pathways to reduce impacts and recover resources. We examine how airport operators apply the circular economy in practice. We use an exploratory qualitative multicase design based on practitioner‐generated documents (e.g., press releases and sustainability ...
Michele Oppioli   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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