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VCOSS ideas paper: Service sector reform [PDF]

open access: yes
As a contribution to the Victorian Government’s Service Sector Reform Project, this paper has been developed by the Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS) to shape discussions within government and across community sector organisations to support ...

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HIGH SCHOOL QUALITY AND STUDENT SATISFACTION OF SEMESTA BOARDING SCHOOL [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In light of the imminent rise in tuition fees, High School funding cuts and fears of declining student numbers, gaining a sustainable competitive advantage in the higher education (Secondary Education ) sector is at the forefront of many high schools’
MUDIANTONO, Mudiantono   +2 more
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Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Shaping Expenditure on Food-Away-from-Home in Irish and UK Households [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
End of project reportFactors influencing consumer spending in two sectors of the food-away-from-home (FAFH) market (quick-service e.g. takeaways, and full-service e.g. restaurants) were analysed using national household expenditure survey data. Different
Henchion, Maeve   +2 more
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Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

“European” Rationalization: New Knowledge and Technologies of German Entrepreneurship in Western Siberia in the Late 19th – Early 20th Centuries

open access: yesЖурнал Фронтирных Исследований
The development of Siberia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was closely linked to the phenomenon of modernization. As a result of the “transport” and “resettlement” revolutions, the transformation of traditional values, old economic practices ...
Ivan I. Krott
doaj   +1 more source

Tax Policy and Farm Organization

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) introduced substantial changes to the tax code, affecting farms' organizational incentives. This study examines farms' responses to the TCJA along extensive and intensive margins, focusing on organizational and labor expense adjustments.
Tia M. McDonald, Katherine Lacy
wiley   +1 more source

Activity-Based Costing Adoption Rates in Tanzanian Manufacturing and Service Sectors: A Comparative Study

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The overall objective of this study was to ascertain the difference in ABC adoption rates between the manufacturing and service sectors in Tanzania. Based on the cross-sectional survey design, primary data were collected from 188 companies located in Dar
Godfrey Frank Molela   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spotlight: Texas service sector outlook survey completing the regional economic picture [PDF]

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The service sector drives the Texas economy, accounting for 59 percent of private-sector output and employing close to 7 million workers. Despite the service sector’s prominence, there are no timely state-level gauges of its activity.
Emily Kerr, Jesus Cañas
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Competition Policy and Agribusiness in the Biden Administration

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Biden Administration pursued a set of ambitious competition policy initiatives in agriculture and agribusiness, primarily aimed at livestock and poultry supply chains, farm inputs, and food retailing. The initiatives included expanded antitrust enforcement; new US Department of Agriculture (USDA) contract regulations requiring poultry ...
James M. MacDonald
wiley   +1 more source

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