In emerging markets for high-value food products in developing countries, processing companies search for efficient ways to source raw material of consistent quality. One widely embraced approach is contract farming. But relatively little is known about the appropriate design of contracts,...

It is a known fact that EU founds absorption rate in Romania is very slow. We were curious about the situation of our region - Center Region - and it's counties, and we wanted to see what are the main differences between the region's counties. We used information from official statistical sites,...

Peri-urban agriculture is exposed to multiple pressures, which push to diversification and multifunctionality. However, the urban-rural link develops in different ways according to the features of the territories. A very interesting case is that of mountain areas, where the proportion among...

Hungary's rich rural heritage values include traditional local products, handicrafts, terroir products, "Hungaricums". However, these products are not only about preserving values and exploiting them for economic purposes, but also about adding high intellectual capital, community collaboration...

This research demonstrates that global food products suffer from healthiness bias - a tendency to favor local food products and evaluate them as healthier than equivalent global or foreign food products. The paper extends previous research findings and provides empirical evidence that the...

Organisational spirituality has gained popularity. While some authors see a spiritually fulfilling workplace as a benefit for employees and organisations alike, critical authors point out the potentially totalising effects of organisations that try to colonise employees' minds, hearts and souls....

Entrepreneurialism within organisations has been praised for serving employees and employers alike, but it has also been criticised as exercising power over employees in an unobtrusive, yet effective way. Within the literature from both advocates and critics, two dichotomies prevail. First,...

The purpose of the research is to investigate Romanian direct sellers’ perceptions on customers’ loyalty. The research objectives are: (1) to identify the direct sellers’ perceptions on the concept of loyalty; (2) to identify the main loyalty techniques that direct sellers use in their...

It has become common knowledge that international organizations (IOs) are struggling with local ownership of their peacebuilding and development interventions worldwide. This happens despite the local turn which gained momentum in recent years in peacebuilding research and practice. Drawing on...