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This paper makes two types of contributions to research on new venture teams. First, we examine previously neglected aspects of team composition, such as homogeneity and heterogeneity in terms of resource provision and prior start-up experience. Second, we attempt to reconcile conflicting...
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firms which grow without first securing high levels of profitability tend to be less successful compared to firms that first … secure high profitability at low growth. Empirical tests using two large, longitudinal data sets confirm that the profitable … low growth firms are both more likely to reach the desirable state of high growth and high profitability and have a …
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Economies of size measure the impact ofincreasing the size of operation on averagecost of production. Economies o f size existif average total cost decreases as sizeincreases. Enterprise data from producersenrolled in the Kansas Farm ManagementAssociations in 1992 were used t o...
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– 2000. Profitability was selected as a measure of competitive performance and costs of production, value of output and … consistently higher then competing countries Denmark, Germany and Italy. In terms of profitability, the opportunity cost of owned …
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Entrepreneurship means making discrete changes in livelihood activities that involve substantial risks to income. While the rewards may be substantial, transactions costs may make decisions irreversible. This paper draws a comparison between entrepreneurship and technology adoption. Adopting a...
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Both industry and firm characteristics influence the survival of a firm in an industryover time. Aging, size, structure are factors often discussed in the literature, but publicintervention effects - through public quality labeling for example - may also have aneffect that is examined here. We...
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Small-to-medium sized agribusiness enterprises (SMAEs) in developing countries have a complicated nature on co … agribusiness sub-system in order to reduce both transaction and information cost. A proposed model is developed as an alternative … approach for value creation of agribusiness in developing countries. …
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equilibrium model. The results suggest these new trade alliances would cause an increase in MERCOSUL agribusiness production and a … agribusiness exports. Economic growth for the MERCOSUL countries increases only in the MERCOEURO scenarios. The elimination of …
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The small-scale pepper producers in the El Roble settlement Costa Rica face a monopsonistic market. Only one processing firm is buying the fresh pepper bunches. The processor has all bargaining power to decide on the price paid to the farmers and the quality selection criteria. The rejection...
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The object of the present paper is to analyze the productivity of marketing cooperatives incorporating environmental inputs/outputs. In the European agricultural policy, expectations for attaining sustainable and competitive agriculture lie to a great extent on the cooperative sector’s ability...
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