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Relatedness, external linkages and regional innovation in Europe
Miguélez, Ernest; Moreno, Rosina - In: Regional studies 52 (2018) 5, pp. 688-701
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Introduction: innovation in Latin America
Ketelhöhn, Niels; Ogliastri, Enrique - In: Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración 26 (2013) 1, pp. 12-32
Purpose The purpose of this article is to summarize the basic literature and concepts of innovation and … innovative activity utilizing the production of USPTO patents. Design/methodology/approac To achieve the first objective, the … authors review and summarize the relevant literature for innovation and entrepreneurship in Latin America. They also introduce …
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Policy and Institutional effects on market participation by smallholder rice farmers: case studies in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger
Toure, Ali; Bamba, Ibrahim; Diagne, Aliou; Harouna, Kore; … - 2008
Rice sector contributes significantly to secure households with regard to their food needs but also to the creation of employments and income generation. The sector development and its evolution over the years have been marked by various policies and approaches. These development stages of the...
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Competitiveness and revealed comparative advantage in the SADC maize industry
Mutambatsere, Emelly - 2008
This paper evaluates the production and trade trends for maize and maize products in southern Africa, individual countries’ revealed comparative advantages in producing these products, and the expected implications of freer trade in this sector. The analysis employs mainly annual bilateral...
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Has Imported Rice Crowded-out Domestic Rice Production in Ghana? What has Been the Role of Policy?
Asuming-Brempong, Samuel; Osei-Asare, Yaw Bonsu - 2008
Commercial rice imports have accounted for approximately 61%, food aid in rice accounted for about 2%, and domestic rice accounted for some 37% per annum of rice consumption in Ghana over the four years between 2000 and 2003. Compared to the 1990s, these figures show a gradual decline in the...
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Smallholder marketed surplus and input use under transactions costs: maize supply and fertilizer demand in Kenya
Arega, D.A.; Manyong, Victor M.; Omanya, G.; Mignouna, H.D. - 2008
This paper assessed the effects of transactions costs—relative to price and non-price factors—on smallholder marketed surplus and input use in Kenya. A selectivity model was used that accounts not only for the effects of fixed and variable transactions costs but also for the role of assets,...
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Cover and Contents Pages
2009
Includes cover page, journal info, contents page, and editorial information
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World Agriculture: Trends and Indicators, 1970-91
Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1993
The tables in this bulletin provide aggregate economic and agricultural growth, performance, production, and trade indicators for the world, 14 geographic regions, the Economic Community, Central Europe, and for 141 countries. These countries account for over 99 percent of the world population,...
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Investigation of the factors influencing adoption of GM crops at country level
Hall, Clare; Toma, Luiza; Moran, Dominic - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
With the possible exception of nuclear technology, few scientific breakthroughs have generated the level of emotive debate that has surrounded the roll-out of agricultural biotechnology. Initial discussion about the environmental impacts of agricultural genetic modification, are now frequently...
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Price Heterogeneity and Vine Homogeneity: An Ordered Logit Hedonic Price Estimation
Pomarici, Eugenio; Caracciolo, Francesco; Cembalo, Luigi - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2012
Consumers face complex choices when they buy wine: wine is a highly differentiated product sold at prices that vary over a wide range. This paper aims to provide monetary valuation of some relevant credence attributes of the wine, such as certifications and quality ratings made by expert...
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