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Векторы благополучия: экономика и социумRelevance. Active participation in the volunteer movement is one of the conditions for a person's self‐realization in modern society. Volunteer activity contains a wide variety of opportunities and forms of human self‐realization through independent or ...
G.S. Kalyanova
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Discrete choice experiments are increasingly being used to estimate land managers' willingness to accept participation in incentive‐based environmental programs. This is a specific application of discrete choice experiments: the estimation of willingness to accept for a private good (program participation) where respondents have to make trade ...
Anastasio J. Villanueva +2 more
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Measuring Olympic Volunteers' Motivation [PDF]
, 2014 Volunteers, who donate to the best of their ability, time, and effort, for achieving the organizational goals of an Olympic Games Organizing Committee, have in recent years become a vital part of the human resources required for the effective staging of the Olympic Games. Furthermore, volunteers are often seen as the 'soft infrastructure' following the
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Volunteer Management Committee
The Lyell McEwin Health Service Volunteer Association inc.gave all management committee representatives whoserved on the 1995 - 1996 volunteer board a certificate in recognision of their service to the volunteeer Association.
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The role of venture‐financed startups in innovation for US agriculture
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract To evaluate the role played by startup companies in the innovation ecosystem of US agriculture, we compile a unique dataset of 6024 new entrants founded 1987–2019 that details their financing lifecycles, annual economic performance, and patenting activities.
Gregory D. Graff +2 more
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Volunteer Management Committee
, 1989 Lyell McEwin Volunteer Management Meeting in the BoardroomL to R:Ann Taylor(Hospice), Gordon Barnes(T.V service), Sylvia Keene(Redcross), Garth Tomkins(Assoc.President), Di Richardson(Vol.
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Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler +3 more
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Citizen Science: Theory and PracticeCitizen scientists have become integral participants in biodiversity monitoring, and the demand for effective surveying efforts has sparked interest in utilizing environmental DNA (eDNA) for species monitoring, drawing volunteers into survey planning and
Holly A. Broadhurst +8 more
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Motives for Volunteering: Categorization of Volunteers' Motivations Using Open-ended Questions
Psychosocial Intervention, 2010 Most studies of volunteers’ motivations use standardized questionnaires with one of the most commonly-used being the Volunteer Function Inventory. Open-ended questions about what drives individuals to be volunteers are seldom used. We hypothesize that questionnaires tend to overestimate the number of motivations and to underestimate their variety ...
Fernando Chacón +3 more
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Preserving ecosystem services, along with economic and environmental benefits, will require future landscape policies to identify and incorporate relevant landscape features. In this paper, we investigate the causal effect of agricultural landscape simplification on drought‐related grassland damages.
Marco Ferro +5 more
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