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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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Passive investing before and after the crisis: investors' views on exchange-traded funds and competing index products [PDF]
Investment in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has been remarkably robust in the course of the recent financial crisis. This paper analyzes investors' perceptions of ETFs and other indexing products by comparing the answers to two surveys of ETF users ...
Goltz, F., Schröder, David
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The Covid-19 pandemic triggered fluctuations on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI), particularly in 2020 and 2021. Using data from 720 institutional investors from Indonesia's four largest banks (known as KBMI 4), this study aims to (1) examine the ...
Yudha Pradipta Putra +2 more
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Celebrity CEOs, digital transformation and firm performance in China: the moderating role of controlling shareholders and institutional investors. [PDF]
Wang R, Shao D, Han X, Li Y.
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Institutional Investors as Owners [PDF]
This paper provides a framework for analysing the character and degree of ownership engagement by institutional investors. It argues that the general term “institutional investor” in itself doesn’t say very much about the quality or degree of ownership engagement. It is therefore an evasive “shorthand” for policy discussions about ownership engagement.
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Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
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Investment risk taking by institutional investors [PDF]
This paper is the first that formally compares investment risk taking by pension funds and insurance firms. Using a unique and extended dataset that covers the volatile investment period 1995-2009, we find that, in the Netherlands, insurers take ...
Janko Gorter, Jacob Bikker
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Qualified foreign institutional investors and corporate innovation: From the perspective of corporate governance. [PDF]
Wang X, Wang W, Shi XY.
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Traceability of Agri‐Food Products: The Key to Conscious Trade
ABSTRACT Globalization and growing concerns about sustainability have led to improvements in product traceability, quality, and sustainability. Traceability contributes to environmental protection and supports sustainable development by fostering transparency in agricultural practices and encouraging the responsible use of resources.
Scarlett Queen Almeida Bispo +5 more
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ABSTRACT The origin of a product, if associated with good quality, can contribute to building a positive collective reputation, leading to a potential price premium. However, it is conceivable that a producer markets a product by evoking symbols, images, words, and values typical of places other than where it was designed or produced, creating a ...
Annalisa Caloffi +2 more
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