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Testing the Marketing Performance of German Wheat Farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyses the marketing performance of wheat farmers in Germany. Wheat sales data from 465 individual farms over a 12‐year period are used to test against different market benchmarks. Market benchmarks are constructed by simulating passive trading agents using regional wheat prices.
Franziska Potts, Jens‐Peter Loy
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Relationships among leadership, organizational commitment, and ocb in uruguayan health institutions [PDF]

We develop and test a model that relates leadership behaviors, organizational commitment, and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs). We test the model using structural equations with a sample of 116 doctors from Uruguay.
Cardona, Pablo, Lagomarsino, Raul
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Effect of Transformational and Transactional Leadership and Emotional Intelligence on Employee Productivity: The Mediating Role of Employee Motivation

Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
This study examines the impact of transformational and transactional leadership styles and emotional intelligence on employee productivity, with an emphasis on the mediating role of employee motivation in service-sector businesses in Afghanistan ...
Azatullah Zaheer, Ahsanullah Barakzai
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Pengaruh Kepemimpinan Transformasional dan Transaksional pada Kinerja Pegawai Bappeda Kota Bandung

Trikonomika, 2014
Leadership in government institution increasingly recognized role in improving employee performance. As one of the organizations responsible for performing research and development planning for local development, Bappeda need leaders who are able to use ...
Ina Ratnamiasih, Warenih W
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Assessing Haitian Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Aflatoxin‐Compliant Peanut Butter in the Informal Market

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Market‐based solutions are increasingly tested to address aflatoxin issues in peanuts in developing countries. Although previous studies have found that Haitian grocery store shoppers are willing to pay a 21% premium for peanut butter with levels of aflatoxin that meet international standards, no information is available for the much larger ...
Phendy Jacques, Stevens Azima, Maurice Doyon   +2 more
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Transactional or Transformational? Leadership Preferences of Division III Athletic Administrators

Journal of Intercollegiate Sport, 2009
Leadership research within sport management has yielded inconsistent results when examining transactional and transformational leadership. In addition, there has been a paucity of research comparing leadership behaviors between men and women based on ...
Laura J. Burton, Jon Welty Peachey
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Does a Specialized Niche Market Vegetable Processor Enjoy Bargaining Power?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agribusiness companies may achieve competitive advantage through specialization within niche markets. One such niche is the fresh‐cut fruit and vegetable market, which has been steadily growing in Germany. This study examines whether the specialization of a German fresh‐cut producer grants it with market power within this niche market.
Nikolas Bublik, Franziska Mittag, Laura Hellstern, Sebastian Hess   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pricing Dynamics in the US Hemp Market: A Vertical Price Transmission Analysis of the Hemp Value Chain

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The US hemp market is a new and nascent industry that has been devoid of research for about half a century. This study examined the effects of exogenous shock on price at each phase of the value chain—Farm (hemp biomass), and its impact on prices at other phases of the value chain—Intermediary Processor (crude cannabidiol hemp) and Final ...
Solomon Odiase, Tyler Mark, Patalee Buddhika Appuhamilage   +2 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, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
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Executive leadership in China: an investigation into the leadership styles of Chinese executives working for American ventures in mainland China

, 2010
Leadership and culture are complex fields. Some researchers assert that the transactional-transformational leadership paradigm is universally effective across cultures; whereas, some argue that specific culture traditions and norms, interaction between ...
Shen, X
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