Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the effect of several valuable resources (organizational reputation, human resource management (HRM) practices, networks, and vertical integration in production) in explaining the performance of rice-milling firms in Thailand....

The paper shows that state intervention is achieving the exact opposite of the intended goals. Producers and consumers in Kordofan are worse off because of government policy. Furthermore, increased food production and increased foreign exchange earnings through cash crop export, also have...