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Exploring barriers to utilizing local agricultural products in the catering industry
Abstract Both the proportion and expenditure of dining out and takeaway in Taiwan have been increasing year by year. This study investigates the factors influencing the catering service providers (CSPs) procurement of domestically produced or imported food materials.
Wan‐Yu Liu+2 more
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Local politics and economic geography [PDF]
We consider information aggregation in national and local elections when voters are mobile and might sort themselves into local districts. Using a standard model of private information for voters in elections in combination with a New Economic Geography ...
Berliant, Marcus, Tabuchi, Takatoshi
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The study of “Left-Behind-Places” (LBPs) in literature has revitalized geographical inequalities across disciplines. In this context, social infrastructure is gaining prominence, with schools being a key component.
Annika Heßmer, Susann Schäfer
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Spatio-Temporal Differences in Economic Security of the Prefecture-Level Cities in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Region of China: Based on a Triple-Dimension Analytical Framework of Economic Geography. [PDF]
Zhu H, Su D, Yao F.
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Determining the influence of belonging to a wine protected designation of origin on profitability
Abstract To guide consumers, wineries need credible attributes about the quality of their wines and its origin. In Spain, protected designations of origin (PDO) guarantee that the wine has been produced in a certain wine region in accordance with specific and officially regulated quality criteria thus providing elements of guarantee to the consumer ...
Jordi Moreno Gené+2 more
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Role of Creative Industries in the Post-Socialist Urban Transformation
Over the past two decades the cities in Central and Eastern Europe have witnessed a wide-ranging transformation in many aspects. The introduction of a market-oriented economy after half a century of socialism has brought about deep social, economic ...
Stryjakiewicz Tadeusz+2 more
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The Netherlands ranks fourth on the list of the world’s most competitive economies, after Switzerland, the United States of America and Singapore, and directly followed by Germany (5). This index of the Global Competitiveness Report 2016–2017 is based on dozens of criteria, arranged in 12 ‘pillars’.
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Abstract The transition from subsistence to market‐oriented agriculture holds the potential to boost rural economic progress and improve the well‐being of the rural poor in developing countries. Despite this potential, there is limited understanding of the key drivers for smallholder commercialization. In this study, we utilize comprehensive three‐wave
Abebayehu Girma Geffersa+1 more
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Abstract This study examines how European food companies can operationally leverage the value created by strategic alliances into commercially viable products. More importantly, it emphasizes that the effects of alliance portfolio diversity (APD) on radical innovation performance can be achieved not only directly, but also via moderating roles, that is,
María Ancín+2 more
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Economic Geography in the Internet Age
Internet is shaping what jobs go where. It provides an account of how concentration is changing in different industries and different sectors.
Francesco Grillo+2 more
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