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Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
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BMC GeriatricsBackground Home-based primary care (HBPC) is an emerging patient-centered, interprofessional healthcare service model that can address unmet medical needs and care burdens for homebound older adults.
Chang-O. Kim +12 more
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Placemaking and social equity: Going up, or coming down? [PDF]
This paper will look at the challenges and benefits of a place-based approach to support social equity. It will look at a range of placed based approaches that have been designed, through a partnership model with key stakeholder in a hyper local way ...
Jones, R.
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Improving the Odds: Increasing Opportunities in Austin
, 2001 The City of Austin has a history of attempting to address equity, starting with the Austin Equity Commission, led by Chair Ray Marshall, which delivered a report in 2001 titled, “Improving the Odds: Increasing Opportunities in Austin.”3 The Austin ...
Austin Equity Commission
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The future of global health education: training for equity in global health
BMC Medical Education, 2016 Background Among academic institutions in the United States, interest in global health has grown substantially: by the number of students seeking global health opportunities at all stages of training, and by the increase in institutional partnerships and
Lisa V. Adams +3 more
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Gender equity and social capital in smallholder farmer groups in central Mozambique
, 2008 This case study from Búzi district, Mozambique investigated whether gender equality, in terms of male and female participation in groups, leads to gender equity in sharing of benefits from the social capital created through the group.
Gotschi, Elisabeth +2 more
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Equity in health care financing: The case of Malaysia [PDF]
, 2008 Background: Equitable financing is a key objective of health care systems. Its importance is evidenced in policy documents, policy statements, the work of health economists and policy analysts.
Sach, TH +13 more
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor +3 more
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2019 Equity and Diversity Conference
, 2019 Presentation from the social justice keynote with Dr. Jalane Schmidt from the 2019 Equity and Diversity Conference. In this presentation, Dr. Schmidt issues a call to action that will equip listeners to take immediate action against the recent rise of ...
Schmidt, Jalane
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how consumer taste and brand equity perceptions shape the acceptance of plant‐based milk products. Using a blind/informed tasting experiment, we evaluated consumers' willingness to buy (WTB) and taste perception of a plant‐based milk alternative produced by a traditional dairy brand, compared with competing plant‐based ...
Federico Parmiggiani +6 more
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