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Industrial Dynamics Why Connections Matter
Loasby, Brian J. - DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of … - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005627333
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Outsourcing, Delocalization and Firm Organization: Transaction Costs vs. Industrial Relations in a Local Production System of Emilia-Romagna
Mazzanti, Massimiliano; Montresor, Sandro; Pini, Paolo - DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of … - 2008
The paper aims at investigating how far transaction costs economics (TCE) concurs in the explanation of outsourcing decisions in firms characterized by “thick’ industrial relations, that is where unions and employees are involved in, and are sometimes able to affect, the relative managerial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008587583
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The General Profile of the Outsourcing Firm Evidence for a Local Production System of Emilia Romagna
Mazzanti, Massimiliano; Montresor, Sandro; Pini, Paolo - DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of … - 2006
The paper aims at ‘embedding’ the outsourcing firm by considering it as a four-fold unit of analysis: i.e. as an organizational, production, industrial and innovation unit. Theoretical correlations between outsourcing decisions and outsourcing variables are formulated and then tested with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005273114
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Organic Certification, Agro-Ecological Practices and Return on Investment: Farm Level Evidence from Ghana
Kleemann, Linda; Abdulai, Awudu - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
The recent empirical literature on economic sustainability of certified export crops shows that certification standards that enhance yields are important for improving farm revenues and farmer welfare. However, limited evidence exists on the impact of organic certification on the adoption of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886859
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Is Organic Farming Worth its Investment? The Adoption and Impact of Certified Pineapple Farming in Ghana
Kleemann, Linda; Abdulai, Awudu; Buss, Mareike - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
enter international markets. While a conventional certification with GlobalGAP can be a market entry condition for … conventional food, especially for horticultural products, organic certification is required for the growing organic food market … organic market. Thus, certified organic farming is found to be the more profitable venture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886961
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Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in Africa: An Overview
Kleemann, Linda - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
The development of the agricultural sector and the improvement of the food security situation are seen as essential components to sustainable development in Africa. However, continuing population growth, impacts of climate change and environmental degradation add to an unprecedented combination...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886991
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The Theory of the Firm and Its Critics A Stocktaking and Assessment
Foss, Nicolai J.; Klein, Peter G. - DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of … - 2005
Ever since its emergence in the 1970s the modern economic or Coasian theory of the firm has been discussed and challenged by sociologists, heterodox economists, management scholars, and other critics. This chapter reviews and assesses these critiques, focusing on behavioral issues (bounded...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005627318
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Boda-bodas rule: Non-agricultural activities and their inequality implications in Western Kenya
Lay, Jann; M'Mukaria, George Michuki; Omar Mahmoud, Toman - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2007
Diversification into non-agricultural activities in rural areas can be broadly classified as either survival-led or opportunity-led. The existence of these two types of non-agricultural activities implies a U-shaped relationship between the share of income derived from non-agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010956010
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Income Diversification and Poverty in a Growing Agricultural Economy: The Case of Ghana
Lay, Jann; Schüler, Dana - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
This paper analyses changes in income portfolios of rural households and its determinants for the case of Ghana in the 1990s. Our analysis shows that, contrary to common beliefs, rural Ghana has seen major economic transformation, as households increasingly diversify their livelihoods by both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010982867
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Boda Bodas Rule: Non-agricultural Activities and Their Inequality Implications in Western Kenya
Lay, Jann; M'Mukaria, George Michuki; Mahmoud, Toman Omar - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2007
Engagement in non-agricultural activities in rural areas can be classified into survival-led or opportunity-led. Survival-led diversification would decrease inequality by increasing the incomes of poorer households and thus reduce poverty. By contrast, opportunity-led diversification would...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566206