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Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of environmental, social, and governance disclosure on market reaction: evidence from emerging markets

open access: yesDiscover Sustainability
This study examines the impact of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) disclosures on market reactions within the context of Indonesian publicly traded companies.
Iskandar Itan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Potential and Actual FDI Spillovers in Global Value Chains The Role of Foreign Investor Characteristics, Absorptive Capacity and Transmission Channels

open access: yesJournal of Banking and Financial Economics, 2018
Using unique survey data on direct supplier-multinational linkages in Chile, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, and Vietnam, this paper fi rst evaluates how foreign investors differ from domestic producers in terms of their potential to ...
Deborah Winkler
doaj   +1 more source

The Impacts of Health and Environmental Information Nudges on Meat Choices: Where Does Goat Meat Fit?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amidst a recent surge in US goat meat imports to meet growing demand, this study contributes to the meat demand literature by examining consumer preferences for goat meat, a relatively healthy and environmentally friendly alternative to other popular meats.
Binod Khanal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Creation of Elusive Investor Responsibility

open access: yesAJIL Unbound, 2019
The issue of investor responsibility reveals a stubborn bias within international investment law. That law addresses mistreatment by host states of foreign investors but consistently fails to address investor misconduct in host states.
Jean Ho
doaj   +1 more source

China and the World Financial Markets 1870-1930: Modern Lessons From Historical Globalization [PDF]

open access: yes
China began to borrow in the world capital markets in the late 19th century, issuing bonds to pay for defense as well as for large-scale economic development.
Andrey Ukhov, William N. Goetzmann
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Doing Business in Poland: Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Poland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
[Excerpt] The transformation of Poland\u27s economy from a centrally planned to a modern market economy continues apace. Successive governments have re-affirmed their commitment to privatization and the liberalization of the economy with the aim of ...
Baker & McKenzie
core   +1 more source

How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN ROMANIA BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, IN THE 2011-2018 PERIOD [PDF]

open access: yesAnalele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie, 2020
The paper “Foreign direct investments in Romania by countries of origin, the 2011-2018 period” aims to study the distribution of the balance of foreign direct investments according to the countries of origin of the capital.
BÂLDAN FLORENTINA CRISTINA   +1 more
doaj  

NAFTA Chapter 11 Investor-State Cases: Lessons for the Central America Free Trade Agreement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This report describes how Canadian cattle producers are using NAFTA to demand $300 million in compensation from U.S. taxpayer funds, claiming that the Canadian cattle import ban instituted after mad cow disease was found in Canada violates their NAFTA ...
Lori Wallach, Mary Bottari
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