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New model rural cooperatives in Gansu: a case study
Saunders, Max; Bromwich, David - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 6 (2012) 4, pp. 325-338
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the development of new model farmer cooperatives set up with Aid agency assistance in Shandan County, Gansu Province, China, focusing on enterprise management and training, and the monitoring and evaluation issues and outcomes....
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Agroecology accounting: biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods from the margins
Lanka, Sanjay V.; Khadaroo, Iqbal; Böhm, Steffen - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 30 (2017) 7, pp. 1592-1613
to producer value chains while providing subsidies for the inputs of industrial agriculture. Originality/value There have … smallholder farmers due to the need to purchase the inputs of industrial agriculture supported by government subsidies. This study … extends the field of accounting for biodiversity into agriculture using the science of agroecology to explain the role played …
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Cyprus under the Common Agricultural Policy: The Impact Effect
Michael, Michael S. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 19 (1992) 6
Cyprus has recently applied for full membership of the European Community (EC). As a member of the Community, Cyprus will experience economic (political) costs and benefits. Examines the static costs and benefits for Cyprus′s national income from the application of the Common Agricultural...
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Porter's Hypothesis on Environmental Policy in an Oligopoly Model with Cost Asymmetry Caused by Innovation / Porter's Hypothese zur Umweltpolitik in einem Oligopol mit asymmetrisch...
Feess, Eberhard; Taistra, Gregor - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 220 (2000) 1, pp. 18-31
Umweltpolitik die internationale Konkurrenzfähigkeit der betroffenen Firmen erhöhen kann, in einem Zwei-Perioden-Modell mit Cournot …
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Sleeping Process Patents and Environmental Innovation / Umweltpolitik und schlafende Patente
Hübner, Marion - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 222 (2002) 6, pp. 706-718
Summary Using a duopoly model of a patent race, it is shown that a stricter environmental policy might increase the probability of a sleeping patent instead of encouraging environmental technological progress. Two scenarios are discussed. The first concerns the regulation of a firm that competes...
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The European Union vis‐à‐vis Brazil and India: future avenues in selected trade policy areas
Leal‐Arcas, Rafael - In: Journal of International Trade Law and Policy 7 (2008) 1, pp. 6-26
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the potential of partnerships of the European Union (EU) with two of the so‐called BRIC countries, i.e. Brazil and India. Design/methodology/approach – The scope of analysis will be the EU vis‐à‐vis Brazil and India, using two types of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014879143
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Economic Impacts of the New European Banana Market Regime: The Case of Germany / Ökonomische Auswirkungen der neuen Bananenmarktordnung: Das Beispiel Deutschland
Herrmann, Roland - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 218 (1999) 1-2, pp. 63-84
Summary The objectives of this paper are (i) to assess the actual economic implications of the new European banana policy on prices, consumption and trade in Germany within a theoretical and quantitative analysis; (ii) to elaborate the welfare implications of the European banana market policy on...
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Government–Third Sector Relations in European Rural Development: A Critical Perspective
Iliopoulos, Constantine N.; Valentinov, Vladislav; … - In: Nonprofit Policy Forum 4 (2013) 1, pp. 65-80
Abstract Rural development has significantly benefited from intensifying relations between the government and third sector organizations (TSOs) during the last several decades. TSOs can induce innovation in rural development in a variety of ways including advocacy, awareness raising,...
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A study on entrepreneurial attitudes of upcountry vegetable farmers in Sri Lanka
Rosairo, H. S. Rohitha; Potts, David J. - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 6 (2016) 1, pp. 39-58
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the entrepreneurial attitudes of upcountry vegetable farmers in Sri Lanka with respect to the characteristics of innovation, opportunity seeking and risk taking and considers their implications for rural development efforts....
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Barriers to the development and progress of entrepreneurship in rural Pakistan
Muhammad, Nabeel; McElwee, Gerard; Dana, Leo-Paul - In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 23 (2017) 2, pp. 279-295
Purpose Focussing on entrepreneurs’ experiences inhibiting them from launching a business – at the micro level – the purpose of this paper is to identify issues that limit rural entrepreneurship in Pakistan and also, to identify the cultural, social, economic and religious traditions and...
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