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An inventory control model for fertilizer retailers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1975)
Introduction and literature review: The demand for fertilizer is highly seasonal in nature with peak demand periods in the spring and again in the fall. In contrast, fertilizer is manufactured year-round in order to take ...
Three essays on the relationship between franchising and productivity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
This dissertation fills a gap in the literature by exploring the effects of franchising. Much research has been done on the reasons for franchising, but little work has been done on the outcomes from that decision. In essay ...
An analysis of record systems for farm management
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1968)
This study was designed to provide information as to the efficiency of EDP farm record systems in meeting the record requirements of large multiple-enterprise farming operations. Because of the many questions raised about ...
Comparing the impacts of biofuels using survey and non-survey data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This paper utilizes survey data to compare several non-survey methods of modeling the economic impacts of biofuels plants. It examines differences in the input coefficients derived from the survey versus the trade coefficients ...
Three essays on agglomeration, strategic orientation, and organizational form
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This dissertation consists of three essays, trying to fill a gap in the literature by exploring the interaction of agglomeration, ownership structure, and strategic orientation. Much research has been focused on each ...
Analysis of the average crop revenue election program, a representative farm approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program was created in the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008. The program is intended to help offset years of low market revenues for agricultural producers. However, those ...
Farm investment analysis--hand-calculated comparative budgeting and computerized five-year transitional budgeting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)
Tremendous capital investments required in today’s modern farming necessitate prudent planning of future investments. The object of this research was to provide a systematic means of analyzing profitability and cash flow ...
Farm investment analysis--hand-calculated comparative budgeting and computerized five-year transitional budgeting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)
Tremendous capital investments required in today’s modern farming necessitate prudent planning of future investments. The object of this research was to provide a systematic means of analyzing profitability and cash flow ...
Neighborhood effects, convergence and growth in open economies of U.S. and Mexico
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This dissertation consists of three papers. "Optional sales tax holidays: Which jurisdictions participate? Logit and a spatial analyses," I reviewed the literature regarding strategic interaction among jurisdictions and ...
Nudging meat eaters towards plant-based meat alternatives : an online supermarket experiment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
We implement a non-hypothetical online grocery shopping experiment to study the impact of health and environment related information nudges on consumers' purchases of meat and plant-based meat alternatives. More specifically, ...
Three essays on food security, agricultural productivity, and commodity basis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
The proposed research is constructed around the theme of food security, agricultural productivity, and commodity basis. The first paper analyzes the impacts of COVID-19 on the Bangladesh rice market within the framework of a partial equilibrium...
Adoption of nutrient management practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Off-farm income has recently been incorporated into the analysis of technology adoption, due to its increasing share in total farm household income in the U.S. Previous studies, however, found inconsistent results with ...
Transaction costs and market thinness in crop byproduct markets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Studies in crop byproduct literature have looked more at the nutrient impacts, rather than analytical cost implications of crop byproducts in livestock feed rations. Thin market studies stated the lack of product volume ...
Analysis of factors influencing loan losses of production credit associations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)
The Production Credit Associations' loan loss rates and amounts have increased in recent years. Lenders take a certain "calculated" risk in granting, extending additional credit or renewing a loan. Loan risks arise from ...
The portfolio problem in agricultural cooperatives: an integrated framework
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
A portfolio problem within agricultural cooperatives arises as a result of the traditional cooperative's property rights structure. As members' investment is tied to patronage, this traditional structure prevents them from ...
Investor capital, taxes and the structure of cattle feeding
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)
The study found that nonagricultural investors are providing a sizeable and increasing share of the risk capital that finances the nation's fed beef production. The entry of nonagricultural investors is occurring even ...
The ecology of organizational forms in local and regional food systems: exploring the scaling-up challenge via a species concept
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Over the past 30 years, Western nations have developed alternative systems for exchanging agrofood products which incorporate social values into the transactional environment. These systems are comprised of many different ...
Exhaustible resources and technological change in the United States agriculture, 1940-1969
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
Technological progress has played an important role in American agriculture since the beginning of World War II. The rapid rate of growth of population and industrialization in the U.S. has to be met by a rapid rate of ...
Trade barriers to grain cooperatives in exporting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1986)
The objective of this study was to determine if there were any barriers to grain cooperatives in exporting. Barriers are obstacles associated with the structure of the market. Data compiled to determine if any barriers ...
Impact of social networks on well-being : evidence from Latino immigrants in non-urban Missouri communities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This dissertation analyzes the impact of social networks on Latino immigrant's livelihoods strategies and outcomes. Using the Sustainable Livelihoods framework, this dissertation hypothesizes that social capital such as ...