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Innovation has always been at the centerpiece of competitiveness. Experimentation, exploration and a drive to maximize resources is as essential for companies as it is for nations and our whole species. Many of the lessons for how to best innovate can be drawn from nature herself. The Cambrian...
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and the need to stimulate creativity. More explicit risk management could help in achieving success in innovation projects …. However, too much or inappropriate risk management might stifle the creativity that is core to innovation. So, what project … risk management should be applied and where in the innovation project? Design/methodology/approach – A theoretical …
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Purpose – The topic of the risk associated with innovation is being investigated through the influence of technological … risk on technology adoption. Design/methodology/approach – The paper analyses the dynamics of technology adoption in high … technologies. This strategy is relevant to facing a risk of decrease in technical reliability. Research limitations …
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face high income variability but financial risk management tools are not sufficiently developed or widely accessible to … assist farmers in managing the associated risk. This deficiency can have negative implications for household economic welfare …-term portfolio strategy but more effective tools are also required for risk management particularly in dealing with short …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine international experience with multiple-peril crop insurance (MPCI). Named peril crop insurance is available in most countries but MPCI is less common. While named peril insurance is widely successful, MPCI has a checkered history. In most...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate Alberta’s cattle loan guarantee program. It measures the risk … feeding is used. The model estimates a measure of risk that is applied to option pricing models to estimate the value of the … guarantee. Findings – Insurance premiums for the credit risk to lenders are 0.20 percent of the value of the loan for the entire …
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate if Bowman’s Paradox (negative association between risk and return … examines the relationship between four risk and return proxies, across a wide ranging time period and utilizing a number of … regression methodology measure. Findings Confirms the existence of the Paradox. Also documents that the association between risk …
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power in the gig economy we should examine how gig workers manage risk. While a handful of studies have explicitly addressed …' vulnerability to various kinds of risk, as well as their susceptibility to platform power. In response, the paper develops a … platforms can become both a resource for risk management and a new source of risk, depending on the complex interaction between …
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