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Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

UNCERTAIN DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN RUSSIA

open access: yesTorun International Studies, 2016
This analysis is about condition of the civil society in Russia. The article raises issues specifics of the operation of selected non-governmental organizations in the Russian Federation, which under the Act of 20 July 2012 have been recognized in Russia
Ewelina Wojciechowska
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Coordination Mechanisms and Transaction Costs Promoting Sustainability Performance in Agri‐Food Supply Chains: Evidence From Ecuador

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social tensions and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the agri‐food sector, highlighting the need for coordinated strategies to ensure sustainability in supply chains. Despite its critical importance, the relationship between coordination mechanisms and sustainability performance remains underexplored.
Carlos Moreno‐Miranda, Liesbeth Dries
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Chemistry Across Disciplines From Humanities to Life Sciences in Understanding Complexity and Emergence

open access: yesAngewandte Chemie, EarlyView.
This study explores the origins of life by linking prebiotic chemistry, the emergence of information‐carrying molecules such as RNA and proteins, and philosophical questions about consciousness. The study emphasizes the role of molecular evolution in the Central Dogma and provides insights into the chemical origins of biology and the basis of life's ...
Harald Schwalbe   +5 more
wiley   +2 more sources

Sustainability Strategies in the Cocoa‐Chocolate Value Chain: An Analysis Using Stakeholder Theory, Global Value Chain Theory, and Resource Dependence Theory

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cocoa‐chocolate value chain faces significant environmental and social challenges, driving firms to adopt sustainability strategies ranging from individual practices to third‐party certifications. This study investigates the factors associated with these strategies by analyzing 304 cocoa‐chocolate companies using firm‐level data from the ...
Stella Marschner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Implementation of Youth Social Programs for Patriotic Education Citizens of Russian Federation: Experience of Saint-Petersburg

open access: yesУправленческое консультирование, 2018
The article analyzes the state policy in the field of patriotic education. Particular attention is paid to the program approach and the justification of the need to include the practice of patriotic education in nation-building and civic education.
Elena Olegovna Kuzina   +2 more
doaj  

Where is the Funding for Anti-Trafficking Work? A look at donor funds, policies and practices in Europe

open access: yesAnti-Trafficking Review, 2014
Little is known about the amount of money spent on anti-human-trafficking programmes today, much less what the impact of this funding is. As precise information is largely lacking, available data mainly derives from organisational experiences from the ...
Suzanne Hoff
doaj   +1 more source

Interest Group Strategic Responses to Democratic Backsliding

open access: yesPolitics and Governance, 2023
In this article, we offer insights into the plurality of interest groups’ strategic responses to the socially, politically, and economically transformative phenomenon of democratic backsliding.
Danica Fink-Hafner, Sara Bauman
doaj   +1 more source

A New Challenge for Global Companies: Successfully Managing MLO and NGO Relationships [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
A telltale sign of the growing importance of multilateral organizations (MLOs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to companies today is the increased human resources dedicated to managing relationships with them.
Karin Jestin, Kyle Peterson
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NGOs in India-Uniqueness and Critical Success Factors, Results of an Fgd [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
In the last few decades, in India, NGOs have grown to play an important role in providing various services to the society. The increase in the number of NGOs and the range of activities of these NGOs, has called for an understanding on the uniqueness ...
Nagabhushanam, M., Sridhar, K.M.
core   +1 more source

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