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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen +5 more
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, 2015 This study is designed to shed further light on the foreign direct investment (FDI) decision by the family business, and address the question: Under what situation family-owned firms make the entry mode with high risk commitment. The data source for this
Chih-Fang Chiu
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Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich +4 more
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Offshoring to Promote the Internationalization of Family Firms
Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business, 2017 This paper analyses the impact of sourcing abroad on exporting in the case of Spanish manufacturing firms that are family-owned. Sourcing abroad can be a channel that places the firm in a better position to export, not only because it increases the ...
Fernando Merino
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Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler +3 more
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The Impact of Family Owned Firms on Firms' Performance: A Study on Malaysian Listed Firms [PDF]
, 2010 This study explores the impact of family owned firms towards firms' performance. Basically, this study adapted the model that has been applied by Andres (2008).
Mohd Bazli, Ahmad Basher
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Information framing and the impact of nutrition label serving size change
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract The framing of information can significantly influence how consumers interpret and respond to it. This paper investigates how the change in serving sizes in Nutrition Facts Panel (NFP) affects consumer choices for carbonated soft drinks (CSD). We first estimate a reduced form difference‐in‐differences (DiD) model to document causal effects on ...
Yuxiang Zhang, Yizao Liu, Linlin Fan
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Corporate values guiding the world's largest family-owned businesses: A comparison with non-family firms [PDF]
This paper analyzes formally stated corporate values, a key topic of concern in the field of family businesses. More specifically, the study aims to contribute to the literature by enabling a deeper understanding of the differences and similarities of ...
Tapies, Josep, Ceja, Lucia
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Ownership dynamics and share pledging behavior in emerging markets: a zero-inflated model approach
Cogent Economics & FinanceThis study examines how factors influencing zero pledging vary with different levels of pledging in family-owned firms. This study uses a zero-inflated beta model to differentiate the lack of opposition to pledge from the positive endorsement of pledge ...
V. Vijayagopal, M. Thenmozhi
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This study used photovoice methodology to explore Asian Americans' perspectives on the root causes and protective factors of firearm violence in their communities. Photovoice provided a participatory platform for community members to document lived experiences and identify priorities for change.
Tsu‐Yin Wu +4 more
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