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Prediction markets: an experimental approach to forecasting cattle on feed

Karina Gallardo, R.; Wade Brorsen, B.; Lusk, Jayson - In: Agricultural Finance Review 70 (2010) 3, pp. 414-426

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to use prediction markets to forecast an agricultural event: United States Department of Agriculture's number of cattle on feed (COF). Prediction markets are increasingly popular forecast tools due to their flexibility and proven accuracy to forecast a...

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Lean thinking implementation at a safari park

Julien, Denyse M.; Tjahjono, Benny - In: Business Process Management Journal 15 (2009) 3, pp. 321-335

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on a research project at a safari park in Buckinghamshire, UK. The aim is to introduce lean principles to the park, to enable the park to increase profits through eliminating waste and improving the efficiency of key processes whilst...

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Looking beyond value‐based pricing of beef in North America

Tronstad, Russell; Unterschultz, James - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 10 (2005) 3, pp. 214-222

Purpose – Quality traits desired by consumers may not be adequately captured by beef industry standards associated with grid or value‐based pricing alone. Aims to demonstrate this shortcoming by examining strategies of selected companies in North America at the four supply chain levels of...

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China's feed industry in transition: the case of New Hope Group – an industry perspective

Fu, Wenge - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 1 (2011) 2, pp. 162-178

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the development of the processed feed industry in China through the lens of one of its most successful and earliest entrants, the Hope Group's “New Hope” enterprise. With the feed industry in China now facing a transition phase, the paper...

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Indigenous knowledge of fodder tree selectivity by local goats in the mid‐hills of Nepal

Nidhi Pandey, Luma; Kam, Michael; Pandey, Shambhu B.; … - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 3 (2009) 3, pp. 241-255

Purpose – Tree fodder is an important constituent of livestock feed in the mid‐hills of Nepal, particularly so during the dry winter. The purpose of this paper is to compare the ranking of tree fodders by indigenous goat raisers to the selectivity of fodder by goats....

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Capturing the Benefits of Genetically Modified Organisms for the Poor

Ragasa, Catherine; Pehu, Eija - In: Development Outreach 10 (2008) 3, pp. 38-40

The controversy swirling around GMOs in rich countries should not obscure their potential to reduce poverty among poor farmers.

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Attitudes toward society, organisations, and work in the electronics industry in Finno‐Ugrian countries

Alas, Ruth; Edwards, Vincent - In: Baltic Journal of Management 2 (2007) 1, pp. 20-36

/methodology/approach – Survey was done in two plants of the electronics industry in Estonia, Hungary and Finland. The survey was conducted in two … plants of the electronics industry in Estonia, Hungary and Finland, respectively: one produces telecommunications equipment …. Findings – The results of an empirical study in the three Finno‐Ugrian countries, Estonia, Finland and Hungary, indicate …

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Business communication during cultural change

Borgulya, Ágnes - In: Corporate Communications: An International Journal 5 (2000) 4, pp. 181-185

Business and corporate culture in Hungary are undergoing a profound change. Although the first phase of transition to …

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The role of trust in core team employees: a three‐nation study

More, Keren V.; Tzafrir, Shay S. - In: Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal 16 (2009) 4, pp. 410-433

Israel, the UK, and Hungary. After the teams in each of the organization's three sites were mapped out, 205 employees working …

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Integrating national culture measures in the context of business decision making : An initial measurement development test of a mid level model

Forquer Gupta, Susan - In: Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal 19 (2012) 4, pp. 455-506

data from managers of firms in two countries, the USA and Hungary, for cross‐cultural comparison. Critical issues of …

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