Market orientation (MO) – which is the propensity of a firm to collect and utilise information from the market – is an important leverage of competitive advantage. This paper helps to better understand why some owner-managers engage with market intelligence why others simply do not. The...

Agricultural land use does not only concern farmers, but is of high relevance for the environment. Agri-environmental programmes aim to foster the environmental soundness of agricultural production. The aim of this study is to analyse the impact of agri-environmental programmes on the economic...

This paper investigates the effects of network based individual social capital on the access of rural households to services. In the context of development economics, an innovative data collection approach is used to determine network based social capital. The approach originates from the field...

This study examines whether water use is efficient in Bangladesh agriculture compared to other inputs. As agriculture is the major water using sector and water is most scarce during winter due to low annual rainfall, the government here runs many irrigation projects. Recently Bangladesh Water...

This paper is part of the Doctoral Program in Natural Sciences for Development Thesis in Costa Rica

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