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What Motivates Farms to Associate? The Case of Two Competing Czech Agricultural Associations [PDF]
The study investigates determinants of affiliation with the two strongest associations in Czech agriculture. These represent Agricultural Association grouping large-scale enterprises and Association of Private Farmers, respectively.
Bavorova, Miroslava, Curtiss, Jarmila
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Is the well‐known phrase ‘small is beautiful’ true of small transnational education institutions?
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The purpose of this research is to consider the potential attractiveness of operating a small international branch campus (IBC). Drawing upon resource‐based and legitimacy theories, we examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with the business model that is based on having a small institution size.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
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Marketing constraints on rice exports from Viet Nam [PDF]
The paper describes the spectacular growth of rice exports from Viet Nam during the period 1989 to 1997. From a situation of food shortages, the country is now the second largest rice exporter after Thailand.
Berry, Philippe +2 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Despite growing interest in the internationalisation of higher education, the experiences of international student parents, particularly international student mothers, remain largely marginalised in research and policy. This paper examines the emotional agency of international student mothers who leave their children behind in their home ...
Anh Ngoc Quynh Phan +2 more
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The evolution of Chinese entrepreneurial firms: Township-village enterprises revisited [PDF]
"Township-village enterprises (TVEs) were a major engine of China's rapid rural industrialization in the past three decades. TVEs also played a key role in fostering entrepreneurship and served as a major stepping-stone for institutional changes when ...
Xu, Chenggang, Zhang, Xiaobo
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Education has been an enduring feature of international human rights law since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 and is the only human right that is compulsory for children. Appearing in all major human rights treaties, including the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, education is multidimensional and a multiplier of ...
Amy Hanna
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Corruption and China’s Economic Reform in the Early 21st Century [PDF]
Past economic reform of the state sector in China consisted mainly of privatization, of agriculture and of small and medium-size state enterprises, leaving large state enterprises in the control of the state. Current reform consists of making state-owned
Gregory C. Chow
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Fostering an open economy in Africa [PDF]
, 2018 The future of Africa's development lies in the hands of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their ability to expand across the continent. These are the enterprises that will create most of the private sector jobs for a rapidly-growing labour ...
Goncalves, Marcus
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Counting cases, conserving species: addressing highly pathogenic avian influenza in wildlife
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has become a critical threat to wildlife, shifting from a seasonal epizootic to a persistent, year‐round panzootic with global consequences. Here, we summarise the origin, evolutionary mechanisms, and expanding host range of the current H5N1 virus (clade 2.3.4.4b) and assess its impact on wildlife. Over
Ulrich Knief +4 more
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Acquisitions in the Electricity Sector: Active vs. Passive Owners [PDF]
The starting point of this paper is a mixed oligopoly market consisting of n privately owned profit maximizing firms and 1 state-owned welfare maximizing firm. Motivated by the trend of mergers and acquisitions in the liberalized electricity markets, and
Nese, Gjermund
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