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Intercooperation and open innovation: Unleashing cooperative firms’ innovation potential
Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This research examines how interorganizational cooperation impacts the innovation performance of cooperative firms. Existing literature asserts that there are limitations in the innovation capabilities of cooperatives. This study seeks to challenge that assumption and explore whether the nature of such firms enhances their cooperation with ...
Josu Santos‐Larrazabal +2 more
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Empirical Capital Structure Research: New Ideas, Recent Evidence, and Methodological Issues [PDF]
, 2008 Even 50 years after Modigliani/Miller’s irrelevance theorem, the basic question of how firms choose their capital structure remains unclear. This survey paper aims at summarizing and discussing corresponding recent developments in empirical capital ...
Elsas, Ralf, Florysiak, David
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British Journal of Industrial Relations, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The debate on whether national industrial relations (IR) are experiencing convergence is a long‐standing one. Recently, scholars argue that we are witnessing a neoliberal convergence of national IR, understood as an increase in employers’ discretion.
Vincenzo Maccarrone
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The financing behavior of Dutch firms [PDF]
This paper investigates the financing behaviour of Dutch firms by testing whether a firm’s financing decisions are determined by certain factors identified in various theories. Since a firm’s financing decision is reflected in the changes of its leverage,
Chen, Linda H., Jiang, George J.
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Effects of the compulsory indoor confinement of organic layer poultry: a dust storm! [PDF]
, 2006 In August 2005 an order was issued in the Netherlands for free range poultry to be kept indoors to prevent the introduction of avian influenza. The Animal Sciences Group of Wageningen UR (Wageningen University and Research Centre) conducted a telephone ...
Kijlstra, Aize, van der Werf, Joop
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Challenges and Coping Strategies of Migrant Parents in Türkiye: A Qualitative Study
Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This qualitative study explored the coping mechanisms used by 22 immigrant parents (nine men, 13 women) of Syrian, Iraqi, Afghan and Palestinian origin in Türkiye to cope with challenges related to food, shelter, healthcare and social exclusion while caring for their children.
Murat Altuntaş, Habibullah Akinci
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PECKING ORDER VERSUS TRADE-OFF: AN EMPIRICAL APPROACH TO THE SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE CAPITAL STRUCTURE [PDF]
In this paper, we explore two of the most relevant theories that explain financial policy in small and medium enterprises (SMEs): pecking order theory and trade-off theory.
Francisco Sogorb- Mira +1 more
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Towards animal oriented rearing methods in organic production systems [PDF]
, 2006 One of the foundations of organic animal production systems is that animals are kept in a more natural way. In terms of housing, animals get more space, have access to outside areas and are fed organic rations.
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TESTING THE PECKING ORDER THEORY AND THE SIGNALING THEORY FOR FARM BUSINESSES [PDF]
Numerous empirical studies in the finance field have tested many theories for firms¡¦ capital structure. Under the assumption of asymmetric information, the pecking order theory proposes the financing order for farm businesses, which implies a negative ...
Barry, Peter J. +2 more
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Insects and Survival: A Review of Primary and Secondary Defense Strategies
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.Based on a review of three decades of literature, insect defense mechanisms are classified into primary (I) and secondary (II) mechanisms of behavioral, morphological, and chemical nature. These mechanisms have been recorded in 22 (I) and 20 (II) orders, respectively.
Lucas Fernandes Silva +3 more
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