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Karl Polanyi and the New Economic Sociology: Notes on the Concept of (Dis)Embeddedness

open access: yes, 2011
Within the context of the New Economic Sociology, Karl Polanyi is almost universally considered the “father” of the concept of embeddedness. However, this concept has been subject to selective appropriation by this discipline and its relationship to the ...
N. Machado
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Potential of New Institutional Economics for Rural Community Development [PDF]

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2020
Rural economic inequality is a fundamental problem which makes it important to seek its causes and find its policy solutions immediately. The new institutional economic potential development policy is the right choice.
Prasetyo P. Eko   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Designing Cost‐Effective Carbon Payments to Induce Cellulosic Feedstock Production for Sustainable Aviation Fuel

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Perennial bioenergy crops, such as miscanthus and switchgrass, and crop residues have the potential to scale up sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production and mitigate carbon emissions. However, high establishment costs, delayed returns, and risk–return profiles that diverge from those of conventional crops can hinder incentives to adopt ...
Fahd Majeed, Madhu Khanna, Ruiqing Miao
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Affecting Adoption of Fishing Innovations Among Fishing Entrepreneurs in Jebba Lake Communities

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Extension, 2015
The study was conducted at Jebba Lake bordered by Kwara and Niger States. The study explored the possible relationships between selected factors like extension contact, level of education, income, awareness, age, household size, experience ...
A M Sule, S A Ogunwale, T K Atala
doaj   +4 more sources

From the Actor to the Actions. Sociology and the Transformations of Intellectuals towards Network Society

open access: yesDigitCult@Scientific Journal on Digital Cultures, 2016
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the transformation of intellectuals in contemporary global post-industrial society, through a critical review on sociological studies and researches.
Francesco Antonelli
doaj   +1 more source

How Does Cultural and Colonial Heritage Affect Optimal Branding Strategies? Evidence From the Rice Sector in Senegal

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Economy and sociology

open access: yesPSL Quarterly Review, 2014
The article analyses the reciprocal relations between Economics and Sociology. The author begins with Pareto’s position on general Sociology, which entails a fairly strict division between the two fields of scientific enquiry, calling attention to the ...
G. GINI
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contingencies of Value: Devices and Conventions at a Design School Admission Test

open access: yesValuation Studies, 2014
Based on a study of the admission test at a design school, this paper investigates the contingencies of aesthetic values as these become visible in assessment practices.
Sara Malou Strandvad
doaj   +1 more source

Network Interaction of Universities in Higher Education System of Ural Macro-Region [PDF]

open access: yesЭкономика региона, 2017
The subject-matter of the analysis are the characteristics and forms of cooperation between universities of Ural Federal District on the basis of their typology.
Garold Efimovich Zborovsky   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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