Strategic management (STM) is recognized as an important element for firms’ success; however, small firms, especially in agribusiness, have widely been overlooked because it is often thought that a systematic STM is exclusively for large corporate firms. Firms engage in STM practices such as...

The dissertation studies factors and attitudes influencing farmers’ behavior and societal preferences in context of pasture-based livestock production systems. The particular topics are the adoption of grazing practices from the farmers and preferences for pasture landscapes from the public...

This study uses household level data collected in Shandong Province of China to study rural formal financial institutions' lending volume decisions, the number of lending approvals, and respondentsattitude towards interest rates on formal loan in China's rural setting. The main body of the...