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FOCUS GROUPS AS A USEFUL APPROACH TO AGRIBUSINESS RESEARCH
Sterns, James A.; Ricks, Donald J. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1999
broad array of research questions, particularly in terms of agribusiness research, there will be a growing need to adopt a … agribusiness researchers and their clientele. Some of the research methods now being more widely used by agribusiness …. This paper discusses an additional qualitative approach that has substantial potential for agribusiness research focus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005000476
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Evaluating the Impact on Market Performance of Investments in Market Information Systems: Methodological Challenges
Staatz, John M.; Kizito, Andrew M.; Weber, Michael T.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011
Evaluating the impact on market performance of investments in agricultural market information systems (MIS) face several methodological challenges. These fall into two broad categories: (a) defining the dimensions of market performance to measure (which is a function of whom the MIS is designed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009210867
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Unpacking the Meaning of “Market Access”
Chamberlin, Jordan; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011
Improving farmers’ access to markets is widely recognized as a major development challenge. A review of the literature suggests that indicators of market access may bear little relationship to the specific processes of interest and hence provide misguided evidence of the impacts of improved...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009220404
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Consumer Perceptions of Seafood Industries in the Wake of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
McKendree, Melissa G.S.; Ortega, David L.; Widmar, … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2013
and agribusiness more resilient when facing such catastrophic events. Our results find that key socio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010909134
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Linkages between Agricultural Marketing and Environmental Policies
Ravenswaay, Eileen O. van - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1993
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011252052
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E-COMMERCE AND INTERNET USE IN SMALL BUSINESSES: TRENDS AND ISSUES
Abatekassa, Getachew; Moser, Colletta H. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2003
on recent developments of E-commerce businesses and approaches to successes in Internet marketing. Details of the paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005320992
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2014 Annual Agricultural Outlook
Hilker, James; Myers, Robert; Schweikhardt, David; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2014
This paper is a 2014 agricultural outlook covering multiple agricultural commodities and issues.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011082845
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Análise dos determinantes do endividamento das empresas de capital aberto do agronegócio brasileiro
Bressan, Valeria Gama Fully; Lima, Joao Eustaquio de; … - In: Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (RESR) 47 (2009) 1
leverage in the Brazilian agribusiness sector using the model of Rajan and Zingales (1995). In the definition of the sample … there were selected 26 companies that are classified in one of three subdivisions of the Brazilian agribusiness sector: a … statiscally significant as determinant factors of the debt structure of Brazilian agribusiness companies. It is also possible to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008508866
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Importância dos Setores Agroindustriais na Geração de Renda e Emprego para a Economia Brasileira
Costa, Cinthia Cabral da; Guilhoto, Joaquim José Martins; … - In: Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (RESR) 51 (2013) 4
Measures to stimulate the demand for some manufacturing products have been carried out by the Brazilian government. However, the country is admittedly competitive in its agricultural production and policies to encourage its demand have not been established in the same magnitude as those of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011149498
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Pacta Sunt Servanda Versus the Social Role of Contracts: the case of Brazilian agriculture contracts
Rezende, Christiane Leles; Zylbersztajn, Decio - In: Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (RESR) 50 (2012) 3
contract breaches. Forward marketing contracts represent an important source of resources to finance Brazilian agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011149516