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RESULTS OF THE RURAL CASS COUNTY BUSINESS AND SERVICES PREFERENCE SURVEY [PDF]

Changing demographics in rural and urban North Dakota have provided both opportunities and challenges for rural communities. Cass County boasts the state's largest and fastest growing urban center, but the impact of the county's growth extends beyond the
Coon, Randal C., Hodur, Nancy M., Leistritz, F. Larry   +2 more
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Improving the Odds: Seven Principles for Investing in Early Care and Education [PDF]

, 2016
Recent research and advocacy efforts have led funders, politicians, and the business community to agree that the first years of a child's life can determine the rest of their development.
Matt Wilka, Srik Gopal, Valerie Bockstette   +2 more
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Circularity, Sustainability, and the Quality of Coffee Sold via Vending Machines: What Do Italian Consumers Prefer?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vending is an important sector in the daily lives of many people, and coffee is the most frequently consumed product in the European market. Like many other sectors, vending is responding to the challenge of sustainable development by taking various actions, such as offering increasingly ecologically sound coffee while maintaining/improving ...
Alberto Bertossi, Stefania Troiano, Francesco Marangon   +2 more
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To Continue or Quit Business? Mediating Roles of Resilience and Quality of Life in Forming a Sustainable Entrepreneurial Intention

SAGE Open
The dynamics and volatility of market conditions require entrepreneurs to exercise their utmost perseverance and fortitude to progress forward. Despite the emerging evidence that associates their motivation with business continuity, little is known about
Muhammad Iskandar Hamzah, Abdul Kadir Othman, Sook Fern Yeo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving The Life Quality Of Low-Income Communities Through Hydroponic Bean Sprouts Business

Journal of Saintech Transfer, 2020
This Community service was carried out on the groups of  people from various backgrounds who did not have permanent jobs. The purpose of community service is to help people who have low incomes that do not adequately meet their daily needs by creating business opportunities.
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The magic of the century we live in. The supremacy of three bio factors and their impact on firms trading [PDF]

Technology has come to be appreciated as key to the competitiveness of micro and macroeconomic level. Technological environment affecting business firms by increasing trade efficiency in making services and quality of services. Usually there should be no
ENEA Constanta, TANASOIU Georgiana Lavinia   +1 more
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Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Risk assessment of unclean cooking energy usage from the perspective of subjective wellbeing: The mediating role of perceived physical and mental health

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Although outdoor air pollution has been associated with adverse health outcomes and decreased subjective welfare, there has been a lack of research investigating the potential risks associated with indoor unclean cooking energy usage from the perspective
Chao Li, Wenyu Lao, Shiyue Wang
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The Impact of Tourism in Enhancing the Quality of Life [PDF]

The actors who provide tourist services, take a large diversion of profits and degrees of specialization. Some of these units are either independent or components for large firms, such as integrated hotels, restaurants on board ships and marine waterways,
Constanta ENEA, Georgiana TANASOIU
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Climate Change Mitigation in the Dairy Sector: Uncovering Heterogeneity Through Eco‐Efficiency Clubs

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Combining climate change goals with economic targets is crucial for the dairy sector, which is a significant contributor to agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. In this paper, we assess economic and climate change implications of dairy production with panel data of Irish dairy farms from 2013 to 2021.
Doris Läpple, Christian Stetter, Cathal Buckley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source