Results 161 to 170 of about 69,869 (312)

Market Care and Custody: A Health Policy Analysis of Incarceration and Long-Term Care Systems in the U.S. [PDF]

J Mark Access Health Policy
Milburn TW, Syed IU.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Productivity Effects of Privatization: Longitudinal Estimates from Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine [PDF]

This paper estimates the effect of privatization on multifactor productivity (MFP) using long panel data for nearly the universe of initially state-owned manufacturing firms in four economies.
Almos Telegdy, J. David Brown, John S. Earle   +2 more
core  

Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Partial privatization and intellectual capital: The moderating role of firm internationalization and regional development. [PDF]

PLoS One
Xie H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Privatization, Corporate Control and Regulatory Reform: The case of Telefonica [PDF]

This study analyzes the interaction of agency problems in public policy and of agency problems inside the firm: it investigates the case of a large privatized firm subject to many policy constraints.
Francesc Trillas, Germa Bel
core  

Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões, Cassiano Bragagnolo, Humberto Francisco Silva Spolador   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The quantitative amino acid economy of yeast reveals public versus private goods and guides syntrophic community design. [PDF]

mSystems
Ahmad S, Muthu G, Laxman S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Partial Privatization and Incomplete Contracts: The Proper Scope of Government Reconsidered [PDF]

In this paper it is argued that privatization is not the only alternative to public ownership. Adopting the incomplete contract approach, it is shown that partial privatization may well be the optimal ownership structure. While in the standard incomplete
Schmitz, Patrick W.
core  

Blockchain‐Based Smart Contracts in US Specialty Crop Marketing: Grower Preferences and Adoption Potential

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using survey and discrete choice experiment data, we examined US specialty crop growers' preferences for marketing contract attributes in the context of emerging blockchain‐based technologies and expanding traceability initiatives. Results show that farmers preferred traditional written contracts but might be willing to accept digital ...
Elizabeth Canales, Alba J. Collart, Matthew G. Interis, Esther Mmenaa Agyemang‐Duah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Safeguarding palliative and serious illness care in America. [PDF]

Lancet Reg Health Am
Rosa WE, Piscitello G, Meier DE, Kamal AH, Kutner JS, Rosenberg AR, Silvers A, Sinclair S, Arnold RM.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source