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Extension Economists: Valued in Mission, Penalized in Practice

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the public engagement arm of the land‐grant mission, we argue that Extension faculty in US agricultural economics departments face an identity crossroads as they struggle for institutional support. Specifically, we argue that Extension economists function as boundary‐spanning professionals within academic structures that often devalue ...
Trey Malone, Craig W. Carpenter, Courtney Bir, Andrew J. Van Leuven, Rebecca Wasserman‐Olin, Wendong Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Constructing and Validating New County‐Level Cultural Capital Indices for Applied Policy Analysis: Evidence From SNAP Take‐Up

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cultural capital influences a wide range of social and economic outcomes, yet quantitative measures suitable for policy analysis remain limited. We develop county‐level cultural capital indices for the US based on Bourdieu's framework of objectified, embodied, and institutionalized cultural capital.
Pratyoosh Kashyap, Becca B. R. Jablonski, John Bovay   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do higher education institutes lay a foundation for sustainability education? Perspectives from tourism and hospitality undergraduates

Research in Hospitality Management
Education for sustainable development has transformed from a discretionary to an essential element of consideration in higher education institutes. Nonetheless, limited attempts have been made to uncover the effectiveness and importance of such efforts ...
Janith Iddawala, Mohamed Shaja Mohamed Musthaffa, Chandima Gayan Yapa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

Agribusiness, 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 Green Human Capital, Green Structural Capital, and Green Relational Capital on Sustainable Business Performance with Green Innovation as a Mediating Variable

Indonesian Interdisciplinary Journal of Sharia Economics
This study examines the effects of Green Human Capital (GHC), Green Structural Capital (GSC), and Green Relational Capital (GRC) on Sustainable Business Performance (SBP), with Green Innovation (GI) as a mediating variable.
Ria Rachmawati, Zef Risal, Nadya Salsabila Qay, Siti Holisotul Midad, Khusnia Khusnia   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang, Edward C. Jaenicke, Martina Vecchi, Sheng‐Jang Sheu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Green Human Resource Management: Policies and practices

Cogent Business & Management, 2015
Recently, there has been observed an increasing awareness within business communities on the significance of going green and adopting various environment management techniques.
Shoeb Ahmad
doaj   +1 more source

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

Agribusiness, 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, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A method for assessing green value chain readiness [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
Sustainable industrialization is the 9th goal of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed by the United Nations. Green business practice is a fundamental concept that is important for the realization of sustainable industrialization.
Gunawan Ivan, Trihastuti Dian, Hartanti Lusia Permata Sari, Hutomo Ivan Keane   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Green HR for Businesses

International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2015
Orientation: This probing study conducted to explain various advantages of Green HRM in all types of businesses such as having green products, environmental safety products, efficient use of natural resources etc. Purpose: The main purpose this study is to identify the advantages and importance of GHRM adopted by the business organizations.
Fawad Ashraf, Ibbad Ashraf, Waqasia Anam
openaire   +1 more source