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Do Tax Incentives for Farmland Leases Increase Farm Supply? Evidence From Iowa's Beginning Farmer Tax Credit

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent decades, agriculture has become increasingly concentrated through horizontal mergers and acquisitions via corporate entities, and policy makers are concerned this will be exacerbated by the aging population of farm operators. To reduce market concentration in agriculture, many states have enacted policies to entice new prospective ...
Justin M. Ross, Wesley M. Zebrowski, Julia C. D. Valliant   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Entrepreneurial opportunity perception [PDF]

, 2021
Η παρούσα διατριβή μελετά την αντίληψη επιχειρηματικής ευκαιρίας ως μέρος της πιο γενικής διαδικασίας εντοπισμού, ανακάλυψης ή δημιουργίας επιχειρηματικών ευκαιριών. Το ερευνητικό ερώτημα αφορά στον τρόπο που οι ατομικές διαφορές, και ιδιαίτερα τα μαθησιακό στυλ, διαφοροποιούν άτομα που εκτίθενται στο ίδιο οικονομικό περιβάλλον στο να αντιλαμβάνονται ...
openaire   +1 more source

Drivers of Precision Agriculture Adoption in Italian Viticulture

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the main drivers influencing the adoption of two types of precision farming technologies in the viticultural sector: Decision Support Systems (DSSs) and Variable Rate Technologies (VRTs). We apply a partial proportional odds model and find that socio‐demographic characteristics are not significant determinants of adoption ...
Olimpia Fontana, Linda Arata, Margherita Muzzillo, Paolo Sckokai   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differentiated Impacts of EU Rural Development Measures: A Finite Mixture Evaluation of Italian Olive Farms

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between participation in the EU Rural Development Program and the economic performance of Italian olive farms using a finite‐mixture model with inverse‐probability‐weighted regression adjustment. Based on 2010–2022 FADN panel data, it estimates heterogeneous treatment effects while correcting for selection ...
Francesco Caracciolo, Marilena Furno
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Exploratory Factors of Entrepreneurial Fitness in the Recognition of Technological Opportunity

Zhishi guanli luntan, 2017
[Purpose/significance] Enterprise opportunity recognition is one of the key factors affecting enterprise production and innovation. In the process of technology opportunity identification, the fitness between enterprise and technological opportunity ...
Jiang Hong, Zhang Xiaodan, Du Yanjie
doaj   +1 more source

Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Online learning flexibility and entrepreneurial opportunity recognition: the sequential mediating roles of perceived time flexibility and entrepreneurial self-efficacy

Frontiers in Education
IntroductionThe increasing prevalence of online learning has transformed how students acquire knowledge and develop entrepreneurial capabilities. This study examines how online learning flexibility influences entrepreneurial opportunity recognition ...
Ardita Malaj, Nizamettin Bayyurt
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Vendor Types, Attendance, Experience and Sales 2019–2021: Evidence From Five Rural Oregon Farmers Markets

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
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, Juo‐Han Tsay, Sarah A. Low   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is Youth's Engagement in Agribusiness an Opportunity or a Necessity? A Closer Look at the Situation in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the broad focus on necessity‐ and opportunity‐driven entrepreneurship in research and policy, the entrepreneurial dichotomy within the agribusiness context has not been adequately addressed. This study contributes to closing this knowledge gap by examining youth's perceptions of agribusiness through the lens of the push‐pull motivation
Cool Dady Mangole, Paul Martin Dontsop Nguezet, Shiferaw Feleke, Victor Manyong, Kamala Kaghoma Christian, Zoumana Bamba, Tahirou Abdoulaye   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring entrepreneurial intentions and motivations: a comparative analysis of opportunity-driven and necessity-driven entrepreneurs

Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
This study investigates the impact of entrepreneurial attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral controls on entrepreneurial intention among two distinct groups of entrepreneurs: opportunity-driven and necessity-driven.
Aglaya Batz Liñeiro, Jhon Alexander Romero Ochoa, Jose Montes de la Barrera   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source