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Rent-seeking and innovation [PDF]
Innovations and their adoption are the keys to growth and development. Innovations are less socially useful, but more profitable for the innovator, when they are adopted slowly and the innovator remains a monopolist.
David K. Levine, Michele Boldrin
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan +3 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar +2 more
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Private parts for private property: evolution of penis size with more valuable, easily stolen shells. [PDF]
R Soc Open Sci, 2019 Laidre ME.
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Agribusiness, 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
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Russian Citizents’ Attitute Towards Private Property: Myths and Contradictions
Вестник Российского экономического университета имени Г. В. ПлехановаThe article analyzes the attitude of Russian citizens to the institution of private property. The author estimates the level of confidence and respect of people to this institution, perception of their property right protection and risks connected with ...
K. Khodzha
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The control of invasive species on private property with neighbor-to-neighbor spillovers. [PDF]
Environ Resour Econ (Dordr), 2014 Fenichel EP, Richards TJ, Shanafelt DW.
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Private Rights to Public Property: The Evolution of Common Property in Canada
, 2013 Sarah E. Hamill
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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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