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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
agency assistance in Shandan County, Gansu Province, China, focusing on enterprise management and training, and the … researchers and practitioners, and can be applied by rural communities throughout China. Originality/value – Although the new …, there have been few case studies of the establishment and progress of these enterprises in China's poorer regions.  …
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China's feed industry in transition: the case of New Hope Group – an industry perspective
Fu, Wenge - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 1 (2011) 2, pp. 162-178
impact of mandates outlined in China's Twelfth Five‐Year Plan, such as the imperative to modernize agriculture and improve …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the development of the processed feed industry in China through the … China now facing a transition phase, the paper looks at the root causes of the problems facing China's feed industry …
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Income inequality and rural poverty in China
Wu, Haitao; Ding, Shijun; Wan, Guanghua - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 7 (2015) 1, pp. 65-85
decomposition approach is first used to decompose the poverty by income sources in China.  …
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Dancing to success: export groups as dance parties and the implications for network development
Wilkinson, Ian; Young, Louise C.; Welch, Denice; Welch, … - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 13 (1998) 6, pp. 492-510
Export grouping schemes are a commonly used vehicle for promoting international competitiveness, but their success rate is patchy. A perennial problem is the value of continuing the formal group structure itself. In this paper we examine the nature and role of export groups using the results...
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Case study: Partnering strategies in a bio tech. world: the case of Dairyland Seed Company
Leach, Mark P.; Mesquita, Luiz; Downey, W. David - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 16 (2001) 3, pp. 219-238
Large agricultural producers often demand seed with high yielding genetics along with specialty traits specific to their particular needs. Dairyland Seed Company prides itself on its superior genetics and a research program that adds specialty traits while retaining the qualities of the original...
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Implementation of a robotic depalletizing cell
Burgess, Glen - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 28 (2001) 3, pp. 199-202
This case study describes the application of robots to an agricultural depalletizing operation. Discusses the reasons for adopting robotics, the requirements of the application and the resulting system performance.
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Addressing gender disparities through farming organisations in Malawi
Ager, Charlie - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 9 (2015) 4, pp. 361-375
Purpose – This study aims to explore how Farming Organisations (FOs) have utilised collective action to overcome the barriers that undermine women farmers’ participation in the agrarian economy in Malawi. Design/methodology/approach – Key informant interviews were conducted with 17...
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Institutional inefficiency: small farms starve India’s economy
Watts, Tyler; Woodruff, Molly - In: Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy 6 (2017) 2, pp. 206-223
organization of agriculture, comparing agricultural development in the USA and India, with a focus on changes in farm size over … economies in agriculture through the application of capital and technology. In contrast, land reforms in India, especially land … ceilings that limit farm size, have stunted productivity growth in agriculture by limiting achievement of scale economies and …
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The Pransky interview: Tony (Harvey) Koselka, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Vision Robotics Corporation
Pransky, Joanne - In: Industrial Robot: the international journal of robotics … 47 (2020) 2, pp. 147-151
Purpose The following paper is a “Q&A interview” conducted by Joanne Pransky of Industrial Robot Journal as a method to impart the combined technological, business and personal experience of a robotic industry engineer-turned-innovator regarding the challenges of bringing technological...
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Logistics in relation to strategy in dairying
Sankaran, Jayaram K.; Luxton, Patrick - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 23 (2003) 5, pp. 522-545
The earliest known instance of scholarly writing on logistics (in 1901) is actually located in agribusiness. While case illustrations of productivity improvements in logistics in agribusiness have routinely featured in the academic literature since then, such efficiency gains are rarely cast in...
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