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The article builds on the growing importance of knowledge as a strategic resource for maintaining the competitive advantage of abusiness. We illustrate one of the initiatives contributing to effective knowledge transfer by describing a case study approach which suggestshow universities might...

The aim of this research is to find a concrete construction methodology of theMetapontum Agro - food district by three main phases: awaking of the operators andthe institutional stakeholders (got together in the district’s local web); economicterritorialanalysis; experimentation. This last...

Economic slowdown and downturn creates new situation for every organisation, no one can avoid facing to new situation createdby the global financial-, and economic crisis. All of the organisational function should reconsider its own role within the company due to thenew circumstances, Accounting...

This paper is based on an ongoing joint work with David Sahn and Xiaobo Zhang.

There is no consensus about how globalization –trade and foreign investments – affects poverty reduction. Using household survey data, this study contributes to the empirical literature on globalization and poverty by analyzing the household-level implications of increased foreign...

This paper examines potential of contract farming as a rural development tool by revealing its effect on productivity and income of small holders in tea production in north-western Vietnam. In the present research, three economic analyses are applied. First, the technical efficiency of tea...

Rice sector contributes significantly to secure households with regard to their food needs but also to the creation of employments and income generation. The sector development and its evolution over the years have been marked by various policies and approaches. These development stages of the...

This paper evaluates the production and trade trends for maize and maize products in southern Africa, individual countries’ revealed comparative advantages in producing these products, and the expected implications of freer trade in this sector. The analysis employs mainly annual bilateral...

Commercial rice imports have accounted for approximately 61%, food aid in rice accounted for about 2%, and domestic rice accounted for some 37% per annum of rice consumption in Ghana over the four years between 2000 and 2003. Compared to the 1990s, these figures show a gradual decline in the...