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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In recent decades, agriculture has become increasingly concentrated through horizontal mergers and acquisitions via corporate entities, and policy makers are concerned this will be exacerbated by the aging population of farm operators. To reduce market concentration in agriculture, many states have enacted policies to entice new prospective ...
Justin M. Ross +2 more
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Measuring Nutrition Security Using the Consumer Food Data System Datasets
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Nutrition security is an emerging concept lacking a consensus definition, conceptualization, or standardized measure. This perspectives manuscript synthesizes findings from two previously published analyses to assess the feasibility of using available measures of key dimensions of nutrition security from two Consumer Food Data System (CFDS ...
Vibha Bhargava +2 more
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, 2005 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Our work will be mainly concerned with improving the crucial first stage (the requirements stage) of any system development methodology in order to improve ...
Al-Karaghouli, Wafi Yousif Ramadaan
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Issues in public information systems development: The impact of regionalised organisational structure [PDF]
, 2011 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel UniversityThis thesis highlights the critical impact the effects of regionalised organisational structure and external political pressures have on the development of ...
Folkerd, Christopher
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Generative AI and Academic Integrity in Higher Education: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda
InformationThis systematic literature review rigorously evaluates the impact of Generative AI (GenAI) on academic integrity within higher education settings. The primary objective is to synthesize how GenAI technologies influence student behavior and academic ...
Kyle Bittle, Omar El-Gayar
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Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Index insurance, while heralded as a potential solution to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among agricultural households, has its own set of challenges, notably basis risk. Basis risk is the discrepancy between the insurance payout and losses incurred, posing a significant deterrent to the adoption of index insurance.
S. Lucille Blakeley +4 more
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Dynamic process modelling for business engineering and information systems evaluation
, 1999 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.This research is concerned with the pre-implementation evaluation of investments in Information Systems (IS).
Giaglis, George M
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Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsThis research examines how digital inclusion affects the connections between compliance costs and psychological costs and access to technology and digital literacy and human development in Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 framework.
Adel Abdulmohsen Alfalah +6 more
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Drivers of Precision Agriculture Adoption in Italian Viticulture
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the main drivers influencing the adoption of two types of precision farming technologies in the viticultural sector: Decision Support Systems (DSSs) and Variable Rate Technologies (VRTs). We apply a partial proportional odds model and find that socio‐demographic characteristics are not significant determinants of adoption ...
Olimpia Fontana +3 more
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Dynamic integrated modelling of information systems and business process simulation
, 2003 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Business processes and information technology are two areas that are very closely related to the sustained competitive advantage in organisations.
Eatock, Julie
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