Village leaders in the Chinese reform economy are assumed to maximize a multiple-attribute utility function; their behavior is modeled in a dynamic control framework. Using village data, structural and control equations for industrial output, grain yields, capital, non-farm employment and hybrid...

A cross-section, time-series model of food processing firms examines how profitability is affected by acquiring either firms inside the food industry (i.e., firms within the parent's area of expertise), or outside of the food industry (i.e., conglomerate-type aquisitions). The study concludes...

This paper aids researchers who are conducting microeconomic work in developing countries to more effectively collect farm production data. The discussion focuses on helping the researcher who has fairly well-defined research ideas to better visualize the steps that are necessary for collecting...

New industrial crops are promoted as enterprises that will raise farm sector income, provide economic development activities for rural areas, and provide products that will substitute for imports from other nations. A conceptual model, based on the principles of strategic management, is...

This study reports the management practices and strategies of wholesale nursery operations in Arizona. In this desert environment near large California competitors, Arizona firms attempt to differentiate their products and develop market niches as competitive strategies. Xeriscape using...

This paper analyzes the political and institutional factors which are behind the dramatic changes in distortions to agricultural incentives in the transition countries in East Asia, Central Asia, and the rest of the former Soviet Union, and in Central and Eastern Europe. The paper explains why...