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The Cost of a Nutritious Diet in Cafeterias: Evidence From US Military Dining Facilities

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing nutritious meals in institutional settings with financial constraints, such as military dining facilities, is challenging. The US Department of War (DoW) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) collaborated to modernize the Basic Daily Food Allowance (BDFA) using an optimization model that incorporates service members' consumption ...
Linlin Fan, Yiwen Zhao, Andrea Carlson, Parke Wilde, Joanna Reagan, Julianna Jayne, Starr Seip, Denise Laursen, Matthew P. Rabbitt   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Carbon business accounting : the impact of global warming on the cost and management accounting profession

It is demonstrated that the information from strategic cost management systems will be particularly useful in this new carbon economy, especially in evaluating the “whole-of-life” costs of products and services in terms of carbon emissions.
Ratnatunga, Janek, Balachandran, Kashi
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Market strategies used by private hospital providers to consolidate and increase power; a systematic scoping review and evaluative synthesis. [PDF]

Global Health
Shore T, Larkin S, Elshaug AG, Kalkat P, Lacy-Nichols J.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

On the Economics of US Agricultural Policy

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents an economic analysis of US agricultural policy, building on a modified version of Gardner's efficient redistribution. We argue that agricultural policy is motivated as an attempt to implement an efficient redistribution scheme that redistributes income toward farmers who, as a group, have been adversely affected by ...
Jean‐Paul Chavas
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of competitive environment on the service marketing mix strategy of health organisations in developing countries : Jordanian private sector hospital senior managers perspective

The environment of Jordanian private hospitals has never been so complex and challenging as at present. There are huge influences on these hospitals in the current climate.
Ahmad, Ala'eddin Mohamad Khalaf.
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Reconceptualizing the balanced scorecard as a communication mechanism in healthcare. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Guo F, Huang YS, Nemoto M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Drivers of Precision Agriculture Adoption in Italian Viticulture

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the main drivers influencing the adoption of two types of precision farming technologies in the viticultural sector: Decision Support Systems (DSSs) and Variable Rate Technologies (VRTs). We apply a partial proportional odds model and find that socio‐demographic characteristics are not significant determinants of adoption ...
Olimpia Fontana, Linda Arata, Margherita Muzzillo, Paolo Sckokai   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tourist satisfaction as a mediator between event quality and economic outcomes: evidence from a Silk Road heritage destination. [PDF]

Front Sports Act Living
Omonova N, Juraev A, Makhmudova N, Isokova G, Hamroyeva S, Shodieva M, Davronov IO, Kadirova S, Farmanov E.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang, Lena Kuhn, Hang Xiong, Zhanli Sun, Thomas Glauben   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recent trends in sales of electronic nicotine devices and oral nicotine pouches by flavour. [PDF]

Tob Control
Durney CH, Meza R, Jimenez-Mendoza E, Xu K, Levy DT, Friedman AS.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source