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Circularity, Sustainability, and the Quality of Coffee Sold via Vending Machines: What Do Italian Consumers Prefer?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vending is an important sector in the daily lives of many people, and coffee is the most frequently consumed product in the European market. Like many other sectors, vending is responding to the challenge of sustainable development by taking various actions, such as offering increasingly ecologically sound coffee while maintaining/improving ...
Alberto Bertossi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficiency market hypothesis in an emerging market: does it really hold for Malaysia?

open access: yes, 2014
This study revisits the efficient market hypothesis (EMH) with regard to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KZSE) at the sectoral level. Based on Liu and Narayan’s (2011) GARCH-based unit-root with structural breaks test, the unit-root null is rejected for
Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi   +2 more
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Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Price Premiums for Single‐Name and Compound‐Name Geographical Indications in Swiss Cheese Trade

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Geographical indications (GIs) have become increasingly important in agri‐food markets, especially in Europe. For Swiss cheese imports and exports, we analyze whether GIs are associated with higher trade prices. We find that price premiums can be obtained for both exports and imports. However, this is only the case for cheeses with single name
Judith Irek
wiley   +1 more source

Testing the Weak-Form Informational Efficiency of United Kingdom, United States of America and Japan’s Capital Markets [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines the weak form of informational efficiency for of three major capital markets, namely United Kingdom, United States of America and Japan. Results are obtained for DJI, FTSE 100 and NIKKEI 225 indexes, over a span time from 1995 to 2010.
Bogdan DIMA, Otilia SARAMAT
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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

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