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Gender Differences In Technology Adoption And Welfare Impact Among Nigerian Farming Households
Obisesan, Adekemi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This study examined gender differences in cassava production technology adoption and the impact on poverty status of … farming households in southwest, Nigeria. The data were collected with the aid of structured questionnaire through a …, cassava yield and level of education. The impact of the improved technology on the headcount index of the male (12.57%) was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112553
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Technology Convergence and Digital Divides. A Country-Level Evidence for the Period 2000-2010
Lechman, Ewa - 2015
The paper, mostly empirical in nature, investigates issues on cross-national new information and communication technologies (ICTs) adoption patterns and growth directions. In the period of 2000-2010, a great number of countries underwent substantial changes on the field of ICTs implementation....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014147305
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Productive and cognitive innovation strategy:African framework design
Nwaobi, Godwin C - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
(competitive) obstacles to innovation; and strengthening the knowledge base through investment in education, research and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876897
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Comparative Determinants of Productivity among Cassava Farmer-Beneficiaries and Non-Beneficiaries of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Abia State Nigeria
Obike, Kingsley Chukwuemeka; Osundu, Charles Kelechi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
ABSTRACT This study investigated the comparative determinants of productivity among cassava farmer-beneficiaries and … non-beneficiaries of Microfinance Institution (MFIs) in Abia state, Nigeria. Specifically, the study identified and … examined factors influencing productivity of cassava farmers who are beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of Microfinance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011234828
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Empirical Analysis of Determinants of Productivity among Small holder Cassava Farmers in Abia State, Nigeria
Madu, T.U; Anyaegbunam, H.N; Okoye, B.C - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The study was carried out in 2008 to investigate the determinants of productivity among small holder cassava farmers … farmers group and land allocated to them to increase output and productivity of cassava in the study area. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565418
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Low Versus High Leverage (LVH)
Bebel, Arkadiusz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Disputes whether financial structure can create value or not were started more than 50 years ago with Modigliani Miller theorem. In this paper I would like to present my own view on level of debt in value creation process. What I am going to prove is that due to expansion option companies with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011206887
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Wavelet-Based Prediction for Governance, Diversi cation and Value Creation Variables
Kahloul, Ines; Ben Mabrouk, Anouar; Hallara, Salah-Eddine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
We study the possibility of completing data bases of a sample of governance, diversification and value creation variables by providing a well adapted method to reconstruct the missing parts in order to obtain a complete sample to be applied for testing the ownership-structure / diversification...
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R&D Network and value Creation in SMEs
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Research and development functions are fundamental drivers of value creation in technology-based Small and Medium enterprises (SMEs) seemingly successful R&D is a function of innovation processes and R&D networks. There is a perceived lack of understanding regarding the importance of SMEs and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008753078
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Literature, Principle and the basics of Network Value Creation in R&D: The relationship with economy
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The internationalization of R&D network is a recent phenomenon. In this knowledge based environment, the driving forces for this phenomenon are digitization, the internet, and high-speed data networks that are keys to address many of the operational issues from design to logistics and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008753087
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Does the composition of the board matter? On the relationship between corporate governance and value creation
Rivo-López, Elena; Villanueva-Villar, Mónica; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper studies the effect of corporate governance on value creation for listed companies. It also examines whether the fact that a business is owned or partly owned by a family has an impact on this variable as well as the behavior of companies at different stages of the economic cycle. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108184