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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using survey and discrete choice experiment data, we examined US specialty crop growers' preferences for marketing contract attributes in the context of emerging blockchain‐based technologies and expanding traceability initiatives. Results show that farmers preferred traditional written contracts but might be willing to accept digital ...
Elizabeth Canales +3 more
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Board Characteristics and Firm Performance in State-Owned Enterprises
Journal of Academic FinancePurpose: This study examines the link or association between the characteristics of boards of directors and performance in public enterprises in Cameroon. Method: Generalized least square regression (GLS) techniques were used in conjunction with generalized estimation equations (GEIs).
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Scientific Annals of Economics and Business, 2018 Fourteen Slovak state-owned enterprises were studied, using published data and structured interviews with management. A novel methodology is used to assess SOE autonomy, effectiveness, accountability and governance.
Brinčíková Zuzana +3 more
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State-owned enterprises, shirking and trade liberalization [PDF]
, 2000 We explore the implications of trade liberalization in economies with State Owned enterprises (SOEs) and shirking. SOEs are modelled as controlled by the members of the enterprise who determine output and effort levels, while facing output prices and ...
Ghosh, Madanmohan, Whalley, John
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AI &Innovation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Open‐source artificial intelligence is widely promoted as a democratising pathway to digital sovereignty for African states, offering access to frontier architectures without prohibitive capital investment. This paper investigates whether open‐source AI represents a credible route to autonomy or generates a new form of structural dependency ...
Ololade A. Shonubi
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen +5 more
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China Journal of Accounting Research, 2013 Propping acts by controlling shareholders are common in Chinese listed firms. In this paper, we use data on related-party transactions of all listed Chinese firms from 2002 to 2008 to investigate the motivation behind controlling shareholders’ propping ...
Qianwei Ying, Liang Wang
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Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich +4 more
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India Transformed? Insights from the Firm Level 1988-2005 [PDF]
Using firm-level data this paper analyzes, the transformation of India's economic structure following the implementation of economic reforms. The focus of the study is on publicly-listed and unlisted firms from across a wide spectrum of manufacturing and
Laura Alfaro, Anusha Chari
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Internal Finance and Growth: Microeconometric Evidence on Chinese Firms [PDF]
Does the availability of internal finance constrain firm growth? Or does it foster it? To answer these questions, we use a panel of 407,096 Chinese firms over the period 2000-2005. We estimate dynamic assets growth equations augmented with cash flow, and
Xiaoxuan Liu +2 more
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