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Capital intelectual y resultados empresariales en la cadena de la madera de Oberá (Argentina)
JARDÓN, FERNÁNDEZ; Mª, C.; MARTOS, SUSANA MARÍA - In: Estudios de Economía Aplicada 26 (2008) Julio, pp. 141-164
This paper seeks to analyze the impact of intellectual capital on business performance. A model is elaborated to study organizations located in developing countries areas. The investigation was conducted using a survey to the timber value chain firms in Oberá, Misiones (Argentine).The main...
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Deforestation and Welfare: Evidence from Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2011
This paper examines the effects of deforestation on the welfare of rural communities in the Congo Basin. Using moment conditions of agricultural and forest exploitations, findings indicate deforestation significantly improves welfare both at overall-rural and agricultural household per capita...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862078
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Entrepreneurial risk as consequence of contradictions of economic interests in forestry in Russia
Morkovina, S.; Popkova, Elena; Panyavina, E.; Ivanova, A. - In: Review of Applied Socio-Economic Research 7 (2014) 1, pp. 94-101
groups of risks, defining entrepreneurial activity in the forestry sphere, are determined. The most dangerous risky factors … are spotted and their profile is obtained in respect of forestry entrepreneurship. A methodical approach to assessment of … business risks in forestry is formulated, by using criteria values of the consequences of risk manifesting and probability of …
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Certification Systems as Tools for Natural Asset Building: Potential, Experiences to Date, and Critical Challenges
Conroy, Michael E. - Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), University … - 2005
been mixed. In the forestry sector, poverty reduction benefits of certification have been modest relative to its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005086268
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Deforestation and welfare : evidence from Africa
Simplice A, Asongu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper examines the effects of deforestation on the welfare of rural communities in the Congo Basin. Using moment conditions of agricultural and forest exploitations, findings indicate deforestation significantly improves welfare both at overall-rural and agricultural household per capita...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372511
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Population growth and forest sustainability in Africa
Simplice A, Asongu; Brian A, Jingwa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Recent distressing trends in climate change, population explosion and deforestation inspired this paper, which completes existing literature by providing empirical justification to hypothetical initiatives on the impact of population growth on forest sustainability in Africa. Using three moment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372554
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Report on Productivity Trends in Selected Natural Resource Industries in Canada
Standards, Centre for the Study of Living - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2004
The purpose of this report is to shed light on the dynamics and determinants of productivity growth in nine selected natural resource industries and in the overall natural resource sector in Canada. This report provides a concise review of the findings of a detailed analysis undertaken by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005481830
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Productivity in the Forest Products Sector: A Review of the Literature
Standards, Centre for the Study of Living - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2003
. The studies ?from around the world but mainly focusing on the Canadian and American forest product industries ?have been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005481836
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Transgenic Trees: Implementation and Outcomes of the Plant Protection Act
Sedjo, Roger - 2004
The responsibility for protecting U.S. agriculture from pests and diseases is assigned by the Federal Plant Pest Act (FPPA) to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the Department of Agriculture. The Plant Protection Act (Title 7 U.S.C. Sections 7701 et seq.) gives Aphis...
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Forestry Sector Reform and Distributional Change of Natural Resource Rent in Indonesia
Kato, Gaku - In: The Developing Economies 43 (2005) 1, pp. 149-170
problem, an IMF/World Bank-led forestry sector reform program adopted a market-friendly approach involving the resumption of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005744838