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Unstash the Cash! Corporate Governance Reform in Japan
Journal of Banking and Financial Economics, 2017 Japan’s high corporate savings might be holding back growth, by preventing a more effi cient use of resources. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have been the main contributors to high corporate cash balances, but more recently larger companies have ...
Chie Aoyagi, Giovanni Ganelli
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah +4 more
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An overview of the new architecture for the international monetary system [PDF]
The new architecture of the international monetary-financial system is determined by the evolution of the economics, socials, culture and contemporary policies.
Popa, Catalin C.
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Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing
Agribusiness, EarlyView.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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IMF REFORM - AN OPEN AGENDA [PDF]
The financial crisis calls for a reform of the international monetary system and its institutions, so that they can more adequately reflect changing economic weights in the world economy and be more responsive to future challenges.
Ramona ORASTEAN
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Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török +6 more
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Testing the Marketing Performance of German Wheat Farmers
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyses the marketing performance of wheat farmers in Germany. Wheat sales data from 465 individual farms over a 12‐year period are used to test against different market benchmarks. Market benchmarks are constructed by simulating passive trading agents using regional wheat prices.
Franziska Potts, Jens‐Peter Loy
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The International Monetary Fund and Regulatory Challenges [PDF]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) plays a substantial regulatory role in the international monetary and financial system. The IMF has been assigned a formal regulatory role in a limited number of areas such as obligations covering exchange rate ...
Edwin M. Truman
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The International Monetary Fund\u27s Imperiled Priority [PDF]
, 2014 The role of the Official Sector institutions as lenders in crisis situations has evolved over time, and, particularly in the context of the current euro area debt crisis, into something akin to a lender of last resort. Institutions like the International
Boudreau, Melissa, Gulati, Mitu
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