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Influences on consumer attitudes towards CSR in agribusiness

Mueller, Henrike; Theuvsen, Ludwig - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA; … - 2014

social responsibility (CSR). Arguing that consumers are a firm’s most important stakeholders and referring to Carroll …’ attitudes towards the CSR commitment of agribusiness companies. The results do not confirm Carroll’s distinction between four … responsibilities. Furthermore, political support of a company’s CSR has a positive influence on consumers’ attitude towards that firm …

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Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives and Consumer Preferences in the Dairy Industry

Deselnicu, Oana; Costanigro, Marco; Thilmany, Dawn D. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012

free) is also investigated, showing that common milk labels do convey some information related to CSR activities. Most … consumers’ perceptions of implemented CSR activities. The Validus label is a clear exception: as currently framed, it elicits a …

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Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental Leadership, and Financial Performance

DiSegni, Dafna M.; Huly, Moshe; Akron, Sagi - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012

In this study we statistically assess the relationship between corporate characteristics, environmental contribution, and financial performance. To this end, we compare the financial performance of all US corporations that have composed the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexs (DJSI), being the most...

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Social capital formation across space: proximity and trust in European regions

Fazio, Giorgio; Lavecchia, Luciano - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012

An extensive economics and regional science literature has discussed the importance of social capital for economic growth and development. Yet, what social capital is and how it is formed are elusive issues, which require further investigation. Here, we refer to social capital in terms of civic...

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Local Food Systems, Ethnic Entrepreneurs, and Social Networks

Hightower, Lisa S.; Brennan, Mark A. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

African immigrants in the United States (U.S.) experience immense challenges in the form of poverty, unemployment, and underemployment. Limited English language proficiency often restricts African immigrants to low-paying, unskilled positions. Ethnic entrepreneurship in the form of small-scale...

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Technical efficiency in small-scale irrigation cooperative and its determinants from the perspective of social capital heterogeneity–the case of northwestern China

Wang, Xin; McIntosh, Christopher S.; Watson, Philip; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

Increased attention has recently been given to technical efficiency of small-scale irrigation to achieve food security and increase agricultural development. In this paper, the authors classify irrigation supply management methods as cooperative or non-cooperative, introduce social capital by...

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The Effect of Fishery Management on Information Sharing Networks and Social Capital

Dunham, Gabriel; Uchida, Emi; Uchida, Hirotsugu - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

The benefits from increased levels of social capital have been shown to manifest themselves in ways that can increase the efficiency of the use and regulation of natural resources, as well as increase the resiliency of resource dependent communities against fluctuations in abundance. While the...

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Does Social Capital Have a Role in Environmental Kuznets Curve? Spatial Panel Regression Approach

Paudel, Krishna P.; Zapata, Hector O.; Schafer, Mark J.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2005

We advance a case for an inclusion of social capital in the environmental Kuznets curve analysis using highly disaggregated data on water pollution in Louisiana. A social capital index and other variables are used in parametric and spatial panel regression models to explain water pollution dynamics.

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Is Individual Behavior Oriented to Self-interest, Other-interest or both? Empirical Evidence from a Case Study of Social Capital

Zhang, Zhenyu; Lynne, Gary D. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2006

While social capital is becoming mainstreamed in social science, much remains to be done to better understand its' nature. This is especially true for "What motivates the investment in social capital, and what affects the level of social capital?" An earlier paper by Robison, Schmid and Siles (...

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Social Network Capital and Academic Careers

Medicamento, Umberto; Wilson, Paul N.; Rahman, Tauhidur; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

Social Network Capital and Academic Careers: The Case of a College of Agriculture ABSTRACT The relationship between economic performance and various forms of capital anchors a significant portion of mainstream economic theory and applied economics. Human, physical and financial capital represent...

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