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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan +3 more
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ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar +2 more
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Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing
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
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Earnings Quality and Stock Crash Risk: A Study in Indonesia
Earnings is essential information for investors. Therefore, the quality of earnings influences optimal investment decisions. Poor earnings quality leads to wrong investment decisions and increases the risk of stock crashes, which are detrimental to ...
Alverina Jessica Clara +2 more
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Exploring the Link between Financial Reporting Models and Earnings Characteristics among Tehran Stock Exchange Listed Companies [PDF]
ObjectiveObjective: In recent years, the focus on earnings characteristics has intensified, spurred by the financial disclosures of some major corporations.
Roya Amiri, Ali Ashtab, Mahdi Heydari
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Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?
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
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Do powerful CEOs matter for earnings quality? Evidence from Bangladesh. [PDF]
Arif HM, Mustapha MZ, Abdul Jalil A.
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ABSTRACT Farmers markets provide a direct‐to‐consumer marketing path for farmers and small businesses, facilitating customer discovery and product refinement. This paper explores farmers markets as a business incubator, with a focus on beginning vendors and resilience to a shock, namely, COVID‐19 market restrictions.
Mallory L. Rahe +2 more
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CEOs' early-life disaster experience and corporate earnings quality: Focusing on the Great Chinese Famine. [PDF]
Zhao Y, Hu J, Liu L.
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