In the United States, corn (<i>Zea mays</i> L.) stover has been targeted for second generation fuel production and other bio-products. Our objective was to characterize sugar and structural composition as a function of vertical distribution of corn stover (leaves and stalk) that was sampled at...

A panel data analysis was used to delineate the effects of selected team and marketplace variables on attendance in the English Premier League (EPL). The results confirmed that (a) winning percentage remained a determinant for increasing attendance; (b) soccer consumers of EPL are from the middle...

Mexico's recent Energy Reform sent a shock to upend its seventy-five-year-old petroleum monopoly, hoping to cure the ailing industry with injections of foreign investment. Mexico sought to undo a history of state control overnight, but present challenges show that history cannot be undone so...

The initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic generated large labour market disparities between men and women; however, in Alberta these differences did not persist beyond summer 2020. Instead, the pandemic continues to persistently and negatively affect the labour market patterns of parents with...

Since March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted Canada’s labour market. Following the mandated closures of schools, daycares and “non-essential” businesses in every province, a large and immediate unemployment shock was documented across the country. While signs of...

This study used a product differentiation strategy to identify the unique attributes inherent in selected intercollegiate sports and their positions relative to underlying factors of those attributes as perceived by university students. Data were factor analyzed to recover subjects' assumptions;...

This study investigated the purchase behavior of season ticket holders for intercollegiate football games at the NCAA Division IA level within a proposed theoretical framework. Specifically, four significant factors were identified as being used in the decision-making process of whether or not...