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Influence of Product Perception and Quality Label Valuation on Consumer Decision. The Case of Beef in Italy and Spain
Barrena Figueroa, Ramo; Sanchez Garcia, Mercedes; Rosa, … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005
The consumer perception of the relation between food and health is increased his importance. This situation generates business opportunities, when his effect is positive (for example "functional food"), or limitations or reductions in the markets (for example "food with risk perception"). This...
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Trust in Label Information to Recuperate Consumer's Confidence for Meat: A Compared Analysis among Canada, Italy, and Spain
Rosa, Franco; Sanchez Garcia, Mercedes; Barrena … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2006
The analysis consisted in a field experiment performed by testing the opinions of different consumers groups: two of them located in the European Regions respectively: Friuli-Venezia-Giulia in Italy and Navarra in Spain; a third one located in the Ontario region, Canada. The data were processed...
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Unpacking the RFID investment decision
Keating, Byron W.; Coltman, Tim; Fosso-Wamba, Samuel; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Mandates aside, there are many reasons why firms decide to move forward with or delay investment in RFID technology. In … those factors that influence the decision to invest in RFID technology. More specifically, we compare the factors that … matter most and least to a sample of firms that have adopted RFID technology with a sample of firms that have yet to embrace …
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Predicting RFID adoption in healthcare supply chain from the perspectives of users
Yee-Loong Chong, Alain; Liu, Martin J.; Luo, Jun; … - In: International Journal of Production Economics 159 (2015) C, pp. 66-75
Radio frequency identification (RFID) is an internet of things technology that provides many benefits to the healthcare … industry’s supply chain. However, a challenge faced by healthcare industry is the limited adoption and use of RFID by … demographic characteristics (i.e. age and gender) to predict the adoption of RFID in the healthcare supply chain. Data was …
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Farmers' mobilisation of social capital for beneficial uptake of technological innovations in southwest Nigeria
Kolade, Oluwaseun; Harpham, Trudy - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 7 (2014) 2, pp. 147-166
Social capital has been identified as an important factor influencing successful uptake of technological innovations among small-scale, rural farmers in developing countries. This study draws on descriptive statistics and regression analysis of data obtained from 325 farmers in southwest Nigeria...
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Land Use Change, Carbon Sequestration and Poverty Alleviation
Lipper, Leslie; Cavatassi, Romina - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations - 2003
Land use change is a key requirement for improving rural incomes and making a significant reduction in poverty levels globally. Over 70% of the world’s poor are located in rural areas, with land use as a major source of subsistence. Improving the productivity of their land use systems is...
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The determinants of innovation adoption
Autant-Bernard, Corinne; Guironnet, Jean-Pascal; … - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon … - 2010
Using a sample of 46 000 EU firms from the Community Innovation Survey, this paper analyses the drivers of innovation adoption. In contrast to most empirical studies on innovation diffusion in which a specific technology is analyzed, this study covers several countries and industries in the...
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The determinants of innovation adoption
Autant-Bernard, Corinne; Guironnet, Jean-Pascal; … - HAL - 2010
Using a sample of 46 000 EU firms from the Community Innovation Survey, this paper analyses the drivers of innovation adoption. In contrast to most empirical studies on innovation diffusion in which a specific technology is analyzed, this study covers several countries and industries in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791633
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Sustainable Agriculture and Innovation Adoption in a Tropical Small-Scale Food Production System: The Case of Yam Minisetts in Jamaica
Beckford, Clinton L. - In: Sustainability 1 (2009) 1, pp. 81-96
Grown in Jamaica since the days of slavery, food yams are major staples in local diets and a significant non-traditional export crop. The cultivation system used today is the same as 300 years ago, with alleged unsustainable practices. A new cultivation system called minisett was introduced in...
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The diffusion of greenhouse agriculture in northern Thailand: Combining econometrics and agent-based modeling
Schreinemachers, Pepijn; Berger, Thomas; Sirijinda, Aer; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
This paper studies the diffusion of greenhouse agriculture in a watershed in the northern uplands of Thailand by applying econometrics and agent-based modeling in combination. Adoption has been rapid by farmers in the central valley of the watershed, while farmers at higher altitudes, lacking...
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