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Farmers' Participation in Messenger‐Based Social Groups And Its Effects on Performance in Irrigated Areas of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geometry of the sample frequency spectrum and the perils of demographic inference [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2017
The sample frequency spectrum (SFS), which describes the distribution of mutant alleles in a sample of DNA sequences, is a widely used summary statistic in population genetics. The expected SFS has a strong dependence on the historical population demography and this property is exploited by popular statistical methods to infer complex demographic ...
arxiv  

Families and Economic Mobility [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Surveys the literature on the effect of family structure, socioeconomic status, childrearing practices, and transmission of parental traits on academic success and mobility.
Jessica Kronstadt, Melissa Favreault
core  

NECESSITY TO ESTABLISH LABOR SAFETY AND HEALTH SYSTEMS WITHIN S.C. ARPECHIM [PDF]

open access: yesBuletin ştiinţific: Universitatea din Piteşti. Seria Ştiinţe Economice, 2013
The safety and health policy must be officially declared in order to be implemented within the organization. The basic management model adopted is transposed within the strategic action plan in appropriate strategies, on long and medium term, referring ...
Emilia POPESCU, Marian POPESCU
doaj  

A Skills Gap Analysis of Farmer Directors of US Farmer Cooperatives

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Boards of directors are vital to firm performance and are an integral part of the decision‐making process of any business. Several studies have been conducted that observe corporate or nonprofit board characteristics, skills, and the board's connection to firm performance.
Jody S. Herchenbach   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Auction theory and demography [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv
In economics, there are many ways to describe the interaction between a "seller" and a "buyer". The most common one, with which we interact almost every day, is selling for a fixed price. This option is perfect for selling a mass product, when we have a number of sellers and many buyers, and the price for the product varies depending on the conditions ...
arxiv  

Macroeconomic Analysis and Graphical Interpretation of Azerbaijan Economy in 1991-2012 [PDF]

open access: yesExpert Journal of Economics, 2015
The aim of this research is to analyze macroeconomic performance and discuss transition indicators in Azerbaijan economy for 1991-2012. After regaining independence in 1991, Azerbaijan implemented economic transition process toward market economy. In the
Khatai ALIYEV, Elchin SULEYMANOV
doaj  

The Role of Coordination Mechanisms and Transaction Costs Promoting Sustainability Performance in Agri‐Food Supply Chains: Evidence From Ecuador

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social tensions and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the agri‐food sector, highlighting the need for coordinated strategies to ensure sustainability in supply chains. Despite its critical importance, the relationship between coordination mechanisms and sustainability performance remains underexplored.
Carlos Moreno‐Miranda, Liesbeth Dries
wiley   +1 more source

Resilience, and positive parenting in parents of children with syndromic autism and intellectual disability. Evidence from the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on family's quality of life and parent–child relationships

open access: yesAutism Research, Volume 15, Issue 12, Page 2381-2398, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Family quality of life (FQoL) outcomes collected during the first year of COVID‐19 has been combined with 2018 data to estimate the outbreak's impact on parental outcomes on a sample of 230 families with syndromic autistic children and those with intellectual disabilities (IDs).
Corneliu Bolbocean   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The demography of entrepreneurs and enterprises [PDF]

open access: yes
Industrial dynamics is increasingly studied from a demographic perspective. Demography of firms is one of the research methods to describe and analyse the evolution of industries.
van Wissen, Leo J.G.
core  

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