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Values, public policy, and community food security
Pelletier, David; Kraak, Vivica; McCullum, Christine; … - In: Agriculture and Human Values 17 (2000) 1, pp. 75-93
Values and beliefs regarding communityfood security were investigated among participants in2–3 day participatory planning events related to thelocal food system in six rural counties from oneregion of upstate New York. The results of Qmethodology reveal three distinct viewpoints: a) theSocial...
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A value-focused multiple participant-multiple criteria (MPMC) decision support approach for public policy formulation
Williams, Colin; Fang, Liping - In: Group decision and negotiation 28 (2019) 1, pp. 99-126
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Culture: Persistence and Evolution
Schiantarelli, Fabio; Giavazzi, Francesco; Petkov, Ivan - Department of Economics, Boston College - 2014
second generation, and imply lesser degree of persistence. Finally, we show that persistence is ”culture specific” in the …
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A pragmatic view on values in economics
Klamer, Arjo - In: Journal of Economic Methodology 10 (2001) 2, pp. 191-212
A cultural economic perspective focuses on values as they affect behavior, the valuations in various spheres as well as the valorization, that is, the enhancement or the changing of values. The pragmatic view focuses on the way values function in everyday life and in particular on the...
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Globalization, culture, religion, and values: Comparing consumption patterns of Lebanese Muslims and Christians
Cleveland, Mark; Laroche, Michel; Hallab, Ranim - In: Journal of Business Research 66 (2013) 8, pp. 958-967
Understanding the differential impact of globalization on culture – the most profound shaper of consumption – is … fundamentally important. This research examines the linkages of cultural globalization (acculturation to global consumer culture …
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Values, technologies, and epistemology
Meghani, Zahra - In: Agriculture and Human Values 25 (2008) 1, pp. 25-34
The aim of this paper is to make possible dialogue between those who claim that technologies are coded with social, political, or ethical values and those who argue that they are value-neutral. To demonstrate the relevance of this bridge-building project, the controversy regarding agrifood...
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International joint ventures in Russia: Cultures' influences on alliance success
Kobernyuk, Elena; Stiles, David; Ellson, Tony - In: Journal of Business Research 67 (2014) 4, pp. 471-477
This paper investigates the influence of organizational culture on the strategic success of International Joint …. Adopted organizational culture is also found to be dependent on the dominant IJV stake holding with culture influencing …
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Respect, responsibility, and development
Breuer, Janice Boucher; McDermott, John - In: Journal of Development Economics 105 (2013) C, pp. 36-47
We develop a theory that explains how two core values – Respect for others and Responsibility – affect productivity, the accumulation of capital, and output per worker. Using data from the World Values Survey, we empirically test the model using a panel dataset that includes 82 countries...
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Fields of Cultural Contradictions: Lessons from the Tobacco Patch
Wright, D. - In: Agriculture and Human Values 22 (2005) 4, pp. 465-477
conditions of the region that have engendered a culture of tobacco production. The contradiction in production and consumption … determinants of social action and become sensitive to the differential ways commodity actors produce, use, and reproduce a culture … of commodity production and a culture of commodity consumption. This unproblematic and linear association between values …
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Culture and values in family business—A review and suggestions for future research
Fletcher, Denise; Melin, Leif; Gimeno, Alberto - In: Journal of Family Business Strategy 3 (2012) 3, pp. 127-131
This article provides a review of key literature in the field of culture, values and family business by addressing … three key questions. First, what is culture in a family business context and how can it be defined and conceptualized …? Second, what can culture do for the family business? And third, which factors or attributes shape culture in family business …
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