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ABSTRACT Since the final decade of the 20th century, Latin American countries have increasingly regarded the signing of regional trade agreements (RTAs) as a promising strategy for expanding their exports. Within this context, the main objective of this study is to assess the impact of RTAs on agri‐food exports in Latin America over the period 1990 ...
María‐Isabel Ayuda +2 more
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Texas Workforce Investment Council Briefing Materials
Briefing materials compiled for a meeting of the Texas Workforce Investment Council held December 9, 2016 at Austin Community College. The materials include..
Texas Workforce Investment Council
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Heavy work and the possibility of early retirement
Occupations involving ‘heavy work’ may be exempt from the proposal by the Dutch government to increase the retirement age from 65 to 67 years. The concept of heavy work is multi-dimensional; it should not be solely about physically heavy work but should ...
Hooftman, W., Houtman, I.L.D.
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ABSTRACT In emerging economies where smallholder farming dominates agricultural production, agribusinesses serve as critical intermediaries linking smallholders to broader markets, and their resilience directly affects agricultural sustainability. Short‐term‐oriented capital is reluctant to adequately finance highly uncertain and cyclical agricultural ...
Siyuan Lyu +5 more
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ABSTRACT Strategic positioning becomes increasingly important as markets mature, particularly in consumer‐facing industries that offer similar products, experiential cues, and values‐based messages. This study offers a conceptual model to examine the strategic positioning factors that motivate consumers to visit one local business over another before ...
Aaron J. Staples +2 more
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ABSTRACT This paper examines racial differences in farm succession planning using survey data from Tennessee farmers. While observed differences between White and Black farmers are small, decomposition and counterfactual analyses show that structural characteristics, particularly farm size, would predict higher succession planning among White farmers ...
Abdelaziz Lawani +2 more
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Economic Impact of Sustainability in Wine Sector: A Systematic Literature Review
ABSTRACT Sustainability has become a key issue in the wine sector, raising questions about its compatibility with firms' economic performance. Despite growing attention to environmental and social practices, evidence on their economic implications remains fragmented.
Valentina Di Chiara +2 more
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Food Security Strategy, Macroeconomic Dynamics and Food Import Sensitivity in Qatar
ABSTRACT Qatar has limited agricultural land and water resources and therefore remains highly dependent on food imports. This structural dependency makes Qatar vulnerable to external shocks such as the recent Gulf crisis, threatening food security and disrupting global supply chains. In response to previous shocks, Qatar started implementing a National
Hansini Ranjan +5 more
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Domestic and External Drivers of Brazilian Pork Price Volatility Under Russian Trade Policies
ABSTRACT This study investigates how Russian trade policies and domestic factors influence the volatility of Brazilian live swine prices from 2004 to 2019. We employ a DCC‐MGARCH framework, along with volatility impulse‐response functions and the connectedness approach, to analyze time‐varying co‐movement and dynamic volatility spillovers across pork ...
Gabriel Rosero +2 more
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Abstract Despite the growing use of ML in chemical engineering, the catalytic conversion of sulfur dioxide (SO2) to sulfur trioxide (SO3) remains underexplored from a data‐driven modeling perspective. This study evaluates an integrated workflow for literature‐derived SO2 oxidation data, combining data curation, preprocessing assessment, machine ...
Farough Agin +2 more
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