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Protection Motivation Theory and Farmers' Participation in Futures Markets: Evidence From Germany
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines why German farmers show limited adoption of commodity futures contracts despite substantial price volatility, applying Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to understand the cognitive processes driving participation decisions in futures markets. Survey data from 303 German farmers collected in 2024 were analyzed using Partial
Hendrik Wever +2 more
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Student governance in transition : University democratisation and managerialism : a governance approach to the study of student politics and the case of the University of Cape Town [PDF]
, 2008 Includes bibliographical references (p. 209.245).In the aftermath of university democratisation, only one critical change in university governance has sparked nearly as much academic interest and debate: the rise of managerialism.
Luescher, Thierry M
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Critical Social Work, 2019 This article explores one aspect of increased managerialism, the impact of the expansion of rules in organizations. Discussing findings from a recent large-scale Canadian research project with social workers, this paper addresses some of the effects of ...
Merlinda Weinberg, Stephanie Taylor
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After capitalism, democratic managerialism [PDF]
RAE: Revista de Administração de Empresas, 2021 Since the end of the 1970s, capitalism experienced a regressive phase – neoliberal rentier-financier capitalism – and, since 2008, has entered a terminal crisis.
Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda +3 more
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Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões +2 more
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Modelos de governo, gerencialismo e avaliação institucional nas universidades
Revista Portuguesa de Educação, 2003 In this article we intend to discuss the relation between different universitysgovernance models, institutional assessment and new managerialism. First,we analyse the meaning given to institutional assessment in the rationalitymodel, the ambiguity and ...
Rui A. Santiago +4 more
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Appointing Pro Vice Chancellors in Pre-1992 Universities: The Myth of Managerialism? Conference Presentation [PDF]
Executive management teams in pre-1992 universities are changing, both in terms of what they do and how they are appointed. The traditional internal secondment model for PVC appointments is increasingly giving way to one of open external competition ...
Shepherd, Sue
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Agribusiness: From Automation to Augmentation in a Global Context
Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Alexis H. Villacis
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.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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