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Mutual guarantee insitutions and small business finance
, 2010 A large literature showed that small firms experience difficulties in accessing the credit market due to informational asymmetries; these may be mitigated by collateral or relationship lending, possibilities often precluded to small business.
Mistrulli, P.E. +2 more
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Protection Motivation Theory and Farmers' Participation in Futures Markets: Evidence From Germany
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines why German farmers show limited adoption of commodity futures contracts despite substantial price volatility, applying Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to understand the cognitive processes driving participation decisions in futures markets. Survey data from 303 German farmers collected in 2024 were analyzed using Partial
Hendrik Wever +2 more
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Business: Accounting, Finance, Management & Marketing
, 2011 This abstract book includes all the abstracts of the papers presented at the 9th Annual International Conference on Business: Accounting, Finance, Management & Marketing, 4-7 July 2011 organized by the Athens Institute for Education and Research.
T. Papanikos, Gregory
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda +3 more
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How important are financing constraints ? The role of finance in the business environment [PDF]
What role does the business environment play in promoting and restraining firm growth? Recent literature points to a number of factors as obstacles to growth.
Demirguc-Kunt, Asli +2 more
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Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using survey and discrete choice experiment data, we examined US specialty crop growers' preferences for marketing contract attributes in the context of emerging blockchain‐based technologies and expanding traceability initiatives. Results show that farmers preferred traditional written contracts but might be willing to accept digital ...
Elizabeth Canales +3 more
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How Does Climate Finance Affect the Ease of Doing Business in Recipient Countries?
Developing countries face a disproportionate degree of threat from climate change. As such, they require and receive significant financial support to address the menace.
Solomon Nborkan Nakouwo +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Since the final decade of the 20th century, Latin American countries have increasingly regarded the signing of regional trade agreements (RTAs) as a promising strategy for expanding their exports. Within this context, the main objective of this study is to assess the impact of RTAs on agri‐food exports in Latin America over the period 1990 ...
María‐Isabel Ayuda +2 more
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Does financial literacy matter for firms? An empirical investigation on Sri Lankan SMEs. [PDF]
PLoS OneArachchi GK +5 more
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