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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli +2 more
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Family businesses listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange: An introduction and research agenda
South African Journal of Economic and Management SciencesBackground: Despite the significant socio-economic contribution of family businesses (FBs) in South Africa, scant research has been conducted on listed FBs, mainly because of the lack of a comprehensive sample frame and appropriate research agenda. Aim:
Suzette Viviers, Elmarie Venter
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Equal or Just? Intergenerational Allocations within Family Farm Businesses [PDF]
A multi-disciplinary literature review was conducted in order to integrate multiple perspectives pertaining to family farm business transfer. Factors affecting perceptions of equality in family farm transfers were identified.
Gustafson, Bill +4 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT EU member states have exhibited varying rates of apple production growth. Technical efficiency (TE) estimation is suitable for identifying best‐practice farm performance. This study examined whether the development of the apple sector in Germany, Italy, and Poland was influenced by production efficiency, access to technology, as well as ...
Anika Muder, Jakub Staniszewski
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Short Notes about Financial Reporting in Italian Family Businesses [PDF]
The main purpose of the paper is to analyse some features regarding economic and financial communication in Italian family companies. This is a theoretical essay focuses on to point out the new role played by balance sheet as a public document which ...
Paolo RICCI
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Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
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Gender Differences in Business Performance: Evidence from the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey [PDF]
Using confidential microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau, we investigate the performance of female-owned businesses making comparisons to male-owned businesses.
Fairlie, Robert W., Robb, Alicia M.
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor +3 more
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Parental Motivation in Family Farm Intergenerational Transfers [PDF]
An intergenerational transfer model incorporating both altruism and exchange is presented for family farm transfers. A simulation study is conducted to test parental motivation in intergenerational transfers of family farm businesses.
Belasco, Eric J. +4 more
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Cooperatives and family businesses [PDF]
, 2018 Cooperatives provide a significant contribution to the economy, a large proportion of the UK’s economy is also supported by family businesses. Indeed, it is estimated that family businesses account for almost 25% of the UK’s gross domestic product (GDP).
Chatzivgeri, E. +7 more
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