The present paper aims to give insight into critical issues contributing to the successful building of viable and sustainable regional netchains, focussing on chain governance mechanisms (coordination mechanisms, quality management systems, information systems) and social embedding. It uses...

A ban on toxaphene use In control of the cotton budworm bollworm would Increase the average price of cotton 8S well as Its Price instability It would decrease the level and Increase the variability of cotton Yield and production Such 8 ban would also decrease the expected value but not the...

During the financial downturn of 2008, asset classes that investors traditionally found to have low correlation with U.S. stocks became more highly correlated at the most inopportune time. Post-downturn, investors increasingly looked for alternative assets that offer diversification benefits,...

A nonlinear production function can cause gambling or insuring in a risk situation. This result holds independently of the shape of the utility function for income. When a random variable enters an entrepreneur's production function with diminishing returns, profit maximization behavior can be...

Three marketing strategies (selling a put option, cash sale at harvest, and cash sale in June) are simulated based on historical values and ranked based on certainty equivalents for a representative irrigated and dryland cotton farm Scenario analysis is also used to compare varying yield values.

This research locates a series of risks or hazards within a framework characterized by the level of control respondents believe they have over the risks, and the level of worry the risks prompt. It does this for a set of both food and non-food risks. The means by which this is done is novel and...