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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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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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Economia & Região, 2017 This study aimed to evaluate the impacts of the Fiscal Responsibility Law (FRL) in personnel expenses in the municipalities of São Paulo from 1997 to 2014.
Rogelio Gerônimo dos Santos +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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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In emerging economies where smallholder farming dominates agricultural production, agribusinesses serve as critical intermediaries linking smallholders to broader markets, and their resilience directly affects agricultural sustainability. Short‐term‐oriented capital is reluctant to adequately finance highly uncertain and cyclical agricultural ...
Siyuan Lyu +5 more
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AIChE Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Conventional continuous plants use fixed‐capacity equipment, resulting in high capital risk and suboptimal performance under fluctuating demands. To address these, this study proposes an integrated framework for modular process design and supervisory control capable of adapting to demand uncertainty for long‐term economic viability.
T. Asrav, M. Alvarado‐Morales, G. Sin
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Инвестиции в человеческий капитал на уровне государства.
Путеводитель предпринимателя, 2020 For today there are vital issues taking into account investments into the human capital and measurement of received results. Expenses for training of the personnel and increase of its qualification by rules of the financial account should be carried to ...
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LLM‐Based Scientific Assistants for Knowledge Extraction: Which Design Choices Matter?
Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.A comprehensive framework for optimizing Large Language Models in domain‐specific applications is introduced. The LLM Playground integrates Prompt Engineering, knowledge augmentation, and advanced reasoning strategies to enable systematic comparison of architectures and base models.
David Exler +7 more
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Vernacular Futurism: How Persian Language Users Imagine AI
AI &Innovation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Public discourse about artificial intelligence increasingly unfolds through compressed forecasts, moral warnings, and everyday speculation circulating at platform speed. This study examines how Persian language users on X construct and contest AI futures, analyzing a corpus of 4741 posts collected between January 2023 and December 2025, with ...
Arthur Asa Berger, Ehsan Shahghasemi
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The determinants of new capitalizations of R&D expenses in Canada
Corporate Ownership and Control, 2010 Under certain conditions, Canadian and international accounting standards allow firms to present R&D costs in their balance sheets (capitalization). This article analyzes the determinants of new capitalizations of R&D costs by focusing on positive accounting theory and the influence of the CEO.
Florica-Nicoleta Batrinu +1 more
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