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Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen, Gashaw T. Abate, Seid Yimam, Rui Benfica, David J. Spielman, Frank Place   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leveraging management information in improving call centre productivity

South African Journal of Information Management, 2016
Background: The availability and efficient use of management information is one of the key strategic levers in driving growth and competitiveness for companies.
Manthisana Mosese, Martie Mearns
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of service quality and quality of financial information service system on customer satisfaction

International journal of business, economics & management
The objectives to be obtained from the results of this research are: 1) To measure and test the influence, both partially and simultaneously, of knowledge of Service Quality and FSA Financial Information Service System(FISS) Information Quality on Customer Satisfaction at the Solo FSA Office.
Fatmah Eka Wulandari, Trio Handoko, Darsono Darsono   +2 more
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The role of venture‐financed startups in innovation for US agriculture

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract To evaluate the role played by startup companies in the innovation ecosystem of US agriculture, we compile a unique dataset of 6024 new entrants founded 1987–2019 that details their financing lifecycles, annual economic performance, and patenting activities.
Gregory D. Graff, Charles A. W. de Grazia, Nicholas E. Rada   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Awareness and use of a community health worker program among racial/ethnic minority adults in Philadelphia: Results from a cross‐sectional community health survey

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Community health workers (CHW) programs are effective at reducing hospitalizations, improving mental health, and supporting health‐promoting behaviors. Research suggests awareness and use of CHW services remain uneven across communities nationally.
Stephen Bonett, Carmen Alvarez, José Bauermeister, Ashley Clemmons, Hyunmin Yu, Andy S. L. Tan, Terri H. Lipman, Karen Glanz, Antonia M. Villarruel   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Logistics service quality and customer behavior in cross-border e-commerce: a thai consumer perspective

Cogent Business & Management
This study examined the relationship between six logistics service quality (LSQ) dimensions (timeliness, return service, condition quality, personal communication, information quality, and price fairness) and customer behavior in cross-border e-commerce (
Noptanit Chotisarn, Thadathibesra Phuthong   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pengaruh Persepsi Kualitas Layanan Pelanggan dan Sistem Informasi terhadap Kinerja Organisasi Bidang Jasa

ComTech, 2012
Performance brings important influence to the company’s competition level to survive in free trade. Many companies started to reorganize the company's strategy to review the company's strategic objectives.
Novan Zulkarnain
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Information System Development for Receiving and Handling Customer Complaints in Public Services

Devotion : Journal of Research and Community Service, 2023
Good public service is one indicator of the success of a government in providing satisfaction for the community. Along with the development of information technology, the government is also trying to improve public services by developing information systems that make it easier for people to make complaints or complaints about public services.
openaire   +1 more source

Becoming resilient: Community‐driven change and the civic capacity index

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract One of the principal features of successful community governance is that it is collaborative and thus dependent on a community's ability to work together. However, there are no valid, comprehensive means to assess a community's capacity to respond to civic challenges in collaborative ways, and that are predictive of community resilience and ...
David MacPhee, David Chrislip, Patti Schmitt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Made‐in‐Africa Evaluation framework: A decolonial approach to program evaluation

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Made in Africa Evaluation (MAE) framework is a decolonial approach to program evaluation developed by African evaluators over the past 14 years. MAE may be appropriate to community psychologists who practice program evaluation or conduct research in Africa, but little is known about its implementation.
Takatso Sibanda, Robin Lin Miller
wiley   +1 more source