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Effect of risk and incentives on contracts: The case of farm operators in Iowa

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Longitudinal data on Iowa landowner–operator contracts are used to examine how the mean, variance, and skewness of expected farmland returns affected contract terms from 2008 to 2019. To control for unobserved operator risk preferences and ability as a fixed effect, the sample includes operators with multiple contracts.
Jun Yeong Lee
wiley   +1 more source

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT

open access: yesСтратегические решения и риск-менеджмент, 2019
Business process management to date has not explicitly focused on sustainability as a change objective or driver. Although, approaches relating BPM and Sustainability already exist, e.g.
A. L. Lisovsky
doaj   +1 more source

Product differentiation in the fruit industry: Lessons from trademarked apples

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract We derive price premiums for patented or trademarked apple varieties, also known as “club apples,” compared to open‐variety apples. We use an expansive retail scanner dataset, along with unique data on apple taste characteristics, to estimate monthly club apple premiums for 2008–2018.
Modhurima Dey Amin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Supply chain risk in grain trading: Inventories as real options for shipping grain

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Integrating trading and logistics is an important challenge in commodity trading. Trading and logistics are strategic decisions and are integral to most commodities including grain shipping by rail, in addition to other modes (barges, ocean shipping). There are substantial risks, such as the ordering and placement of rail cars.
William W. Wilson, Jesse Klebe
wiley   +1 more source

Business Process Management [PDF]

open access: yesBusiness & Information Systems Engineering, 2014
Lars Mathiassen   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

An investigation of the price discovery role of futures markets: A dynamic time warping analysis of the United States corn markets

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Futures markets are critical to price discovery and often dominate spot markets. We analyze the linkages between daily corn futures and spot prices in the United States using dynamic time warping. This nonparametric pattern recognition technique has several advantages over traditional time series methods.
Dragan Miljkovic   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

SIX SIGMA - STRATEGIC OPTION FOR ENABLING SYNERGIES WITHIN BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT [PDF]

open access: yesBusiness Excellence and Management, 2012
Six Sigma and Business Process Management are two concepts that became highly regarded in the last couple years through their perspective on how organizations can manage and continuously improve their processes.
Paul SOARE , Vlad BALANESCU
doaj  

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