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

Agribusiness, 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, Simone Severini, Mauro Vigani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Inclusive Internal Financing, Selective Internal Financing, or Hybrid Financing? A Competitive Low-Carbon Supply Chain Operational and Financing Strategies

Systems
Amidst escalating concerns about climate change, manufacturers are increasingly pressured to adopt a low-carbon supply chain (LCSC). Financial constraints deter numerous companies from embracing low-carbon initiatives in a competitive landscape ...
Xiaoli Zhang, Lin Zhang, Caiquan Duan
doaj   +1 more source

Matching Task Complexity With Supplier Management to Enhance Outsourcing Performance

SAGE Open, 2022
As organizations search for low-cost and complementary resources and capabilities from external partners, the development of strategic outsourcing becomes an increasingly complex task.
Gukseong Lee
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

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, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evolution of Traditional Outsourcing into Innovative Intelligent Outsourcing - Smartsourcing

Promet (Zagreb), 2009
The concept and practice of traditional outsourcing is certainly not a new concept. Globalisation, competition and other market pressures have driven more businesses to consider using logistics provider to increase efficiency and effectiveness [11 ...
Patricija Bajec
doaj   +1 more source

Strategic Outsourcing: Evidence from the British Companies

, 2000
Outsourcing has become an increasingly popular option for many organisations. But they vary in terms of activities being outsourced, reasons for and benefits from outsourcing, and how the decision was made.
Brayford Pool, Ying Fan, Fan, Y
core   +1 more source

Prevalence of MSI‐H/dMMR Colorectal Cancer in Japan: Data From the Clinical Study Group of the University of Osaka‐Colorectal Registry

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Using a multicenter Japanese colorectal cancer cohort from 25 institutions, we analyzed 1464 patients across all disease stages and tumor locations to determine the prevalence and clinicopathological features of MSI‐H/dMMR colorectal cancer. MSI‐H/dMMR tumors accounted for 9.4% of cases overall, were present in 22% of right‐sided colon cancers, and ...
Yoshihiro Morimoto, Mamoru Uemura, Yoshinori Kagawa, Hidekazu Takahashi, Masayuki Hiraki, Yozo Suzuki, Shinichi Yoshioka, Mitsuyoshi Tei, Shu Okamura, Yukako Mokutani, Atsushi Naito, Shinji Tokuyama, Takamichi Komori, Akinobu Yasuyama, Genta Sawada, Yujiro Fujie, Shinya Yamashita, Naotsugu Haraguchi, Yusuke Matsuura, Chu Matsuda, Yoshinao Chinen, Tatsushi Shingai, Katsuki Danno, Nobuo Tanaka, Kazuya Sakata, Kohei Murata, Yuichiro Doki, Hidetoshi Eguchi   +27 more
wiley   +1 more source

ECONOMIC AND LEGAL ENFORCEMENT THE INFORMATION SECURITY OF OUTSOURCING RELATIONS

Економіка та право, 2018
The article is devoted to the analysis of the provision of information security in outsourcing economic relations. In modern conditions, the most expedient among economic and legal means of self-regulation to provide information security in outsourcing ...
V.G. Oliukha
doaj   +1 more source

LLM‐Based Scientific Assistants for Knowledge Extraction: Which Design Choices Matter?

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
A comprehensive framework for optimizing Large Language Models in domain‐specific applications is introduced. The LLM Playground integrates Prompt Engineering, knowledge augmentation, and advanced reasoning strategies to enable systematic comparison of architectures and base models.
David Exler, Manuel Raimann, Marc Münker, Maxim Rosin, Joaquin E. Urrutia Gómez, Christof M. Niemeyer, Markus Reischl, Luca Rettenberger   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source