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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli +2 more
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Policy entrepreneur and social policy innovation in China [PDF]
The Journal of Chinese Sociology, 2015 Fostering policy innovation at the local level and spreading the successful practice have been pervasive features of policy making in postreform China. The existing literature explains why the local government launches innovations and what enables these innovations. However, little research has been done on the emerging process of the new ideas and the
Zhu, Yapeng, Xiao, Diwen
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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
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How Entrepreneurs Access Capital and Get Funded [PDF]
, 2015 An array of federal, state and local policies aim to support entrepreneurs through grants and tax breaks that make capital more easily attainable. However, according to the most recent Entrepreneurship Policy Digest, entrepreneurs most often turn to two ...
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Business and social entrepreneurs in the UK : gender, context and commitment [PDF]
, 2011 Objectives: What sort of people become social entrepreneurs, and in what way do they differ from business entrepreneurs? This question is important for policy because there has been a shift from direct to indirect delivery of many public services ...
Fidelma Ashe, Jonathan Levie, Mark Hart
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Farmers markets provide a direct‐to‐consumer marketing path for farmers and small businesses, facilitating customer discovery and product refinement. This paper explores farmers markets as a business incubator, with a focus on beginning vendors and resilience to a shock, namely, COVID‐19 market restrictions.
Mallory L. Rahe +2 more
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Enabling Entrepreneurial Ecosystems [PDF]
, 2015 Inspired by research on the importance of entrepreneurship for sustained economic growth and improved wellbeing, many governments and non-governmental grantmaking organizations have sought over the past decade to implement policies and programs intended ...
Philip P. Auerswald
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Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török +6 more
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Entrepreneurial Motivations as Determinants of Women Entrepreneurship Challenges [PDF]
, 2010 Motivation is the set of forces that initiate behaviour and determine its form, direction, intensity and duration. Women are motivated into business by different factors.
Amalu , Roy, Moses, Chinonye, Love
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Barriers to development and progression of women entrepreneurs in Pakistan [PDF]
, 2008 This article would help integration of women entrepreneurs into the mainstream economy in Pakistan.In Pakistan, women entrepreneurs do not enjoy the same opportunities as men due to a number of deep-rooted discriminatory socio-cultural values and ...
Ahmed, L. +13 more
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