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NASA technology utilization program: The small business market [PDF]

Technology transfer programs were studied to determine how they might be more useful to the small business community. The status, needs, and technology use patterns of small firms are reported.
Garcia-Otero, F., Johnson, F. D., Staskin, E., Vannoy, J. K.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

The Relationship Between Interest Rates and Agricultural Commodity Price Dynamics

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The U.S. Federal Reserve has undertaken several interest rate interventions in the past decade. This study explores the relationship between U.S. corn and soybean prices and Federal Reserve monetary policy interventions, in the short and long run.
Zhining Sun, Ani L. Katchova
wiley   +1 more source

Small business managers and Covid-19-The role of a sense of coherence and general resistance resources in coping with stressors. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2022
Hansson J, Landstad BJ, Vinberg S, Hedlund M, Tjulin Å.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Farmers' Financial Literacy—Scale Development and Linkages to Accounting Practices and Financial Outcomes

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial literacy (FL) of Swedish farmers, its linkages to farmer characteristics, management accounting practices and farm outcomes by surveying Swedish Farm Accountancy Data Network farmers. Using item response theory, we expand the existing FL measurement specifically to the farming context, assess measurement ...
Uliana Gottlieb, Helena Hansson
wiley   +1 more source

Embedding Design Thinking Paradigm in a University's Business Assistance to Small Business. [PDF]

Syst Pract Action Res, 2022
Suci A, Maryanti S, Hardi H, Sudiar N.
europepmc   +1 more source

Sustainable Small Business Lending

Sustainable Futures
Banks are the main source of external funding for small businesses. Thus, integrating sustainability considerations in small business lending can support global sustainability efforts. In surveying German banks, I show that banks are in the process of implementing sustainable small business lending.
openaire   +2 more sources

SBA-loan guarantees and local economic growth [PDF]

Increasingly policymakers are looking to the small business sector as a potential engine of economic growth. Policies to promote small businesses include tax relief, direct subsidies, and indirect subsidies through government lending programs ...
Ben R. Craig, James B. Thomson, William E. Jackson, III   +2 more
core  

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
wiley   +1 more source

Small Business Access to Bank Credit: The Little Engine that Could [PDF]

, 2003
Small business is the economic engine of every community and is particularly critical for low income communities. Two-thirds of all California businesses are estimated to have four or fewer employees and 85 percent are so small that their annual revenues
Alan Fisher
core  

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