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A system dynamics analysis determining willingness to wait and pay for the implementation of data standards in clinical research

Health Research Policy and Systems, 2010
Background Industry standards provide rigorous descriptions of required data presentation, with the aim of ensuring compatibility across different clinical studies.
Nahm Meredith, Carvalho Elias, Shah Jatin Y, Zaveri Amrapali J, Zammar Guilherme R, Cofiel Luciana, Kesselring Gustavo, Pietrobon Ricardo   +7 more
doaj   +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

Effects of infrastructure on the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices in sub-Saharan Africa

Circular Agricultural Systems
Adopting sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) is critical for achieving circular agricultural systems (CAS) in sub-Saharan Africa, as these practices emphasize resource efficiency, waste reduction, and sustainable management of natural resources ...
Abdul-Hanan Abdallah
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Certifications in Improving Household Food Security Among Peruvian Farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Achieving global food security requires sustainable transformations in agri‐food systems. Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) such as Organic and Fairtrade aim to internalize certain social and environmental costs while promoting more equitable value distribution, improved market access, and sustainable production practices.
Lisa‐Marie Schulte, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Climate‐Friendly Food Production: The Role of Production Method Information and Social Norms

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether information about production methods and social norms can increase consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) a price premium for food produced using climate‐friendly farming methods. A randomized survey experiment was conducted with 1568 respondents across Denmark, Lithuania, and Spain, who were assigned to one of four ...
Kassa Tarekegn Erekalo, Tove Christensen, Sigrid Denver, Marilena Gemtou, Spyros Fountas, Søren Marcus Pedersen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Application of influence diagrams to multi‐objective allocation of firefighting resources in process plants

The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
Abstract Identification of firefighting strategies (i.e., which endangered units to suppress or cool first) in chemical and process plants falls under the domain of multi‐objective decision‐making (MODM), where not only the safety and integrity of the affected process plant but also the safety of on‐site and off‐site vulnerable targets matter.
Sina Khakzad, Nima Khakzad
wiley   +1 more source

An Ordered Probit Analysis of Transaction Stock Prices

, 1991
We estimate the conditional distribution of trade-to-trade price changes using ordered probit, a statistical model for discrete random variables. Such an approach takes into account the fact that transaction price changes occur in discrete increments ...
J. Hausman, A. Lo, A. Mackinlay
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Does Institutional Ownership Structure Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions? An In‐Depth Study of Corporations Social Responsibility of European‐Listed Firms

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Motivated by the growing attention and concerns surrounding climate change and the potential role of institutional investors' ownership concentration (OC) in reducing corporations' greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, this article explores the relationship between various forms of institutional ownership and firms' GHG emission intensity. To do so,
Daniele Giordino, Elisa Ballesio, Aradhana Galgotia, Laura Broccardo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Non-pecuniary returns to higher education: the effect on smoking intensity in the UK [PDF]

, 2010
This paper investigates whether higher education (HE) produces non-pecuniary returns via a reduction in the intensity of consumption of health-damaging substances.
Bratti, Massimiliano, Miranda, Alfonso
core   +2 more sources

Evidence Synthesis for Decision Making 2

Medical decision making, 2013
We set out a generalized linear model framework for the synthesis of data from randomized controlled trials. A common model is described, taking the form of a linear regression for both fixed and random effects synthesis, which can be implemented with ...
S. Dias, A. Sutton, A. Ades, N. Welton
semanticscholar   +1 more source