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Efficiency and Technology Gap in European Apple Production—A Metafrontier Model for Germany, Italy, and Poland

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT EU member states have exhibited varying rates of apple production growth. Technical efficiency (TE) estimation is suitable for identifying best‐practice farm performance. This study examined whether the development of the apple sector in Germany, Italy, and Poland was influenced by production efficiency, access to technology, as well as ...
Anika Muder, Jakub Staniszewski
wiley   +1 more source

E-COMMERCE AND INTERNET USE IN SMALL BUSINESSES: TRENDS AND ISSUES

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This paper is part of a series of reports of the activities conducted under a grant from the Fund for Rural America, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Moser, Colletta H., Abatekassa, Getachew
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Adoption of the Wates Principles among UK Family Businesses [PDF]

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This report from the Family Business Research Foundation sheds new light on the corporate governance practices of UK family businesses, focusing on their adoption of the Wates Principles. The research reveals that while family-owned firms are more likely
Kemp, Martin   +5 more
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Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source

Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
wiley   +1 more source

IDENTIFYING SUSTAINABLE BUSINESSES FOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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CBM was used to set economic development priorities and identify sustainable businesses for Enosburg Falls, Vermont. A modified CBM corrected limitations found in the first study.
Lucas, Marilyn T.   +2 more
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Studying Innovation in Businesses: New Research Possibilities [PDF]

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The rapid pace of globalization and technological change has created demand for more and better analysis to answer key policy questions about the role of businesses in innovation. This demand was codified into law in the America COMPETES Act.
Nicholas Greenia   +2 more
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