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Indentifying farmers’ preferences and constraints to maize production in two agro‑ecological zones in Burkina Faso
(BioMed Central, 2015)
Background: The low adoption of technologies, developed by research institutions, by farmers substantiates the
need for client orientation in research and development. Hence, to bridge the gap between breeders and ...
The Rationality and Irrationality of Financing Green Start-Ups
(MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), 2015-07)
Green start-ups contribute towards a transition to a more sustainable economy by developing sustainable and environmentally friendly innovation and bringing it to the market. Due to specific product/service characteristics, ...
Households and food security: lessons from food secure households in East Africa
(BioMed Central, 2015)
Background: What are the key factors that contribute to household-level food security? What lessons can we learn
from food secure households? What agricultural options and management strategies are likely to benefit ...
Nonprofit Governance, Organizational Purposiveness and Design
(MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), 2015-09)
Understanding Cultural Difference Management through Charles Taylor’s Philosophy: Case Studies from the Food Processing Industry
(MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), 2015-04)
In this paper, we use the work of the philosopher, Charles Taylor, to investigate
the role of culture on internationalization decisions. Using parameters related to key
constructs such as positive liberty, social ontology, ...
The Role of Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Sustainability Transitions: A Conceptual Synthesis against the Background of the Multi-Level Perspective
(MDPI AG - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2015-11)
This paper conceptually synthesizes prior studies on sustainable entrepreneurship against the background of the multi-level perspective.It thereby relates
separate streams of literature on sustainable entrepreneurship, ...
Leasehold: An Institutional Framework for Understanding Nonprofit Governance in a Civil Society Context
(MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), 2015-09)
Nonprofit organizations play a role in the creation of a society that is civil, and it is an important one that neither the state nor for-profit organizations undertake. This raises the question of governance and accountability, ...
Gender Inequality and Economic Development
(2015)
This article attempts to analyze the effect of gender inequality on economic growth using the GMM dynamic panel
for the five countries of the Great Maghreb during the period 1985-2011.The results of this study lead us to ...
Survey on Routing in Pocket Switched Network
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2015-09)
Pocket switched Network (PSN) is an emerging research magnet that has been attracting researchers. This paper provides an introduction to PSN and covers some of its basic features and challenges. Continuous connectivity ...
Enhancing Performance of Multi-Rate WLANs: Ant Colony Approach
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2015-12)
The trade-off between users’ fairness and network throughput may be unacceptable in a multi-rate 802.11 WLAN environment. In this paper, we will design a new intuitive simplified mathematical model called simplified ...