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Sequential Change Detection with Local Differential Privacy. [PDF]

Entropy (Basel)
Zhang L, Liu X, Zhang R, Xie L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Political Selection of Firms into Privatization Programs - Evidence from Romanian Comprehensive Data [PDF]

Exploiting a unique institutional feature of the early Romanian privatization setup, when a group of firms was explicitly barred from any privatization, we test how politicians select firms into privatization programs.
Almos Telegdy, Adam Szentpeteri
core  

Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

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, Sanzidur Rahman, Giacomo Zanello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Help-seeking for gambling problems following expansion of Ontario's online gambling market and legalization of single-event sports betting. [PDF]

CMAJ
Forrest R, Talarico R, Waqar A, Myran DT.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Partial Privatization, Foreign Competition, and Tariffs Ranking [PDF]

This paper compares the optimal tariff and revenue maximizing tariffs in the presence of partial privatization. We show that in an international mixed oligopoly with asymmetric costs and partial privatization, when the marginal cost of the privatized ...
Leonard F.S. Wang, Jen-yao Lee
core  

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

Assessing Law No. 87 of 2024 on private sector management of public healthcare facilities in Egypt: neoliberal roots, potential consequences, and policy recommendations. [PDF]

BMC Health Serv Res
Abu El Kheir-Mataria W, Abou-Taleb H, El-Saharty S.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Import Wheat Tenders and the Effects of the Russian Invasion

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Risk and volatility for many commodities escalated sharply following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, creating numerous uncertainties for trading firms and importers. The purpose of this study is to analyze the bidding behavior in Egyptian wheat import tenders in the pre‐ and post‐invasion periods.
William W. Wilson, Sumadhur Shakya, Isaac Dubovoy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Privatization of Healthcare Services from the Nursing Perspective in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

J Multidiscip Healthc
Al-Sadoun AS, Al-Otaibi NO, Al-Ahmari HH, Adawi DO, Al-Dalbahi LM, Tumala RB.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source