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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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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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International Opening. Privatisation and Economic Performance: The Case of Hungarian Telecom

Haudeville, Bernard; Legman, Rita - In: Journal des �conomistes et des �tudes Humaines 11 (2001) 1

Transition economies have inherited of a lot of outdated or blackwarded facilities in many industries from the socialist period. Restructuring such enterprises or industries need massive inputs of investment and technology. Privatisation and foreign direct investment provide answers to this...

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Building “civilisational competence”: a new role for libraries?

Caidi, Nadia - In: Journal of Documentation 62 (2006) 2, pp. 194-212

policymakers in Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic (and selected follow‐up interviews were conducted in …

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Motives and experiences of international joint venture partners in Hungary

Fahy, John; Shipley, David; Egan, Colin; Neale, Bill - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 13 (1998) 2, pp. 155-165

international joint ventures in Hungary. A great deal of foreign direct investment has been taking place in Central and Eastern … British firms operating in Hungary was conducted. The results reveal that its stable economic environment and the potential of … its market were the primary reasons why firms invested in Hungary. However, political, economic and institutional problems …

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Marginal intra‐industry trade and adjustment costs in the first phase of transition

Fertő, Imre; Attila Soós, Károly - In: Journal of Economic Studies 37 (2010) 5, pp. 495-504

) associated with intra‐industry trade (IIT). The structure of trade expansion in Hungary and Poland over the period 1990‐1998 and … estimations show that partial trade liberalisation in Hungary and Poland has led to lower adjustment costs. Originality …

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Laissez‐faire and, therefore, jeopardized national priorities in the process of transition

Szira, Thomas - In: Journal of Economic Studies 26 (1999) 4/5, pp. 404-412

Hungary in mind. …

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