This paper will present evidence to show that there is an absence of informed, broad, media discussion on e-commerce initiatives in Australia. As pointed out by several authors (Gittins, 1995), the newspaper medium is one of the main vehicles through which advisers and policymakers seek to...

The integrated value of the ecological function of tropical forests in the central mountainous areas of Hainan Island was 33.0648 billion yuan•a-1 in 2010 (soil improvement, soil consolidation, soil nutrient maintenance, water storage and moisture regulation, water purification, carbon...

Based on the survey data of entrepreneurship concerning farmers in China, this article uses the multivariate adjustment regression analysis method, to analyze the factors influencing farmers' identification of entrepreneurial opportunity and the mechanism. The results show that demographic...

The nature of farmer cooperative economy organization (known as FCEO) determines the fact that the economic effects of farmer cooperative economy organization are as important as its social effects. Many experts, however, now would only focus on its economic function, and either neglect or...

type="main" xml:lang="en" <title type="main">Abstract</title> <p>This study explores the causal relationship among electricity consumption, economic growth and CO₂ emissions for a group of 14 sub-Sahara African (SSA) countries from 1980 to 2009 using panel cointegration and panel vector error correction modelling methods....</p>

Using the multivariate ordered logistic and probit regression method, based on the survey data of entrepreneurship concerning farmers in China, we analyze the impact of social capital (namely the social network) on the farmers' recognition of entrepreneurial opportunities and property of...

This paper mainly introduces the longitudinal transmission mechanism of urban vegetable prices in Chongqing area. On the basis of the supply chain theory, the “farm price- wholesale price- retail price†of vegetables in Chongqing has been identified as the research object. Through...

In this paper, a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis is implemented for the project of Yueyang-Zhuzhou Oil Product Pipeline, considering all members of society as whole. We focus on the social welfare aspects of the project as well as the project's risk resistance capacity.

The electric power industry is restructuring as regulations move from states to regional and national levels. Estimates of regional fuel and input substitution are essential for practitioners and policy makers. This paper estimates substitution under static and dynamic scenarios, examining...