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Gender differences in farm entrepreneurship: comparing farming performance of women and men in Italy
New Medit, 2020 Gender differences in rural enterprise are a relevant field of analysis which calls for a deeper investiga-tion concerning key variables affecting farm’s performance and on the basis of gender.
Felice Adinolfi +3 more
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An Impact Analysis of Microfinance in Bosnia and Herzegovina [PDF]
, 2007 This paper applies the financing constraint approach to study whether microfinance institutions improved access to credit for microenterprises in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Hartarska, Valentina, Nadolnyak, Denis
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This manuscript centers on the experiences of caretakers of minors in Honduran transnational families (TNFs) in which one or both parents emigrated, and of the schoolteachers, professional psychologists, and spiritual leaders working with these families.
Marco Gemignani +2 more
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Social entrepreneurship and corporate sustainable development. Evidence from Vietnam
Cogent Business & Management, 2020 This article investigates the concepts and issues of social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, their sustainability and strategic dimension. Regarding the current two contradictory forms of entrepreneurship (commercial and social entrepreneurship) in ...
Nguyen Hoang Tien +4 more
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Non-farm employment in small-scale enterprises in Romania: policy and development issues [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to summarise the results of a non-farm micro- enterprise survey in rural and peri-urban Romania and to examine their impact on the development of sustainable rural livelihoods.
Angela Gaburici, Junior Davis
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Combining Luhmann and Actor-Network Theory to see Farm Enterprises as Self-organizing Systems [PDF]
, 2003 From a rural, sociological point of view no social theories have so far been able to grasp the ontological complexity and special character of a farm enterprise as an entity in a really satisfying way.
Alrøe, Hugo Fjelsted, Noe, Egon
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From charity to social enterprise: the marketization of social care [PDF]
, 2017 Purpose In Scotland, the self-directed support (SDS) legislation is a catch-all payment system which brings challenges to local authorities, service delivery organisations and the service users it is intended to empower.
Henderson, Fiona +3 more
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
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Agritourism and the farmer as rural entrepreneur: A UK analysis [PDF]
, 2010 Farm-based recreation or agritourism is increasingly seen as a diversification strategy to promote a more diverse and sustainable rural economy and to protect farming incomes against market fluctuation.
Phelan, Chris, Sharpley, Richard
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Following the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, the Australian Government set a target for no‐one under 65 years of age to be living in residential aged care (RAC) by 2025. The numbers of young people in residential aged care (YPIRAC) have significantly declined since the start of the targets.
Elroy Dearn +4 more
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