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New leader in residence
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2014)
Reforming Teacher Training and Recruitment: A Critical Appraisal of the Recommendations of the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future
(Government Union Review, 1999)
The author discusses the prolonged debate about education quality in the United States. Too many teachers had poor academic records and received low scores on tests of cognitive ability. Teacher education programs were ...
U.S. adult attitudes about biotechnology and risk aversion to gene editing
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2023)
While attitudes toward genetically modified (GM) foods have a long study history, there is still much to learn about U.S. adults’ attitudes toward gene edited (GnEd) food. We combine results from two online surveys; one study of 1,331 respondents...
Time series analysis of the effects of agriculture credit and Extension services on crop productivity in Malaysia
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2021)
The primary purpose of the present study is to evaluate the impact of agricultural credit, technical efficiency, and extension services on the crop productivity. The context of the study was based in Malaysia and the paddy ...
Using R to develop a corpus of full-text journal articles
(Journal of Information Science, 2023)
researchers have reflected on whether any lessons learned from the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 could have been helpful in the present pandemic. This study developed a methodology needed to create a full-text corpus to answer this question. Most studies using...
Exploring the association between green innovation, leadership and environmental performance : mediation of green self-efficacy
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2023)
The persistent escalation of emissions emanating from the manufacturing industry gives rise to inefficiencies in environmental sustainability. This underscores the imperative incorporation of green technological innovation and leadership strategies...
The government policy on the organic rice farming groups embracing sustainable agricultural production: evidence in Thailand
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2022)
Implementing an organic farming policy at the national level significantly drives and fosters sustainable agricultural production. However, it also creates crucial problems in promoting and sustaining organic rice farming ...
A definition of bioeconomy through the bibliometric networks of the scientific literature
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2018)
The purposes of this paper are to present the different bioeconomy strategies within European Union (the national member states' published bioeconomy strategies are presented), the United States, and China, to construct ...
Feels like home
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2006)
In this special section, rediscover Columbia - aka Collegetown USA. Remember how it once was, check out Homecoming details, and get the latest on Tiger football.
Stretching the education dollar
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 1999)
Why does college cost so much? Do you have the information you need to make informed decisions? Have costs got you buffaloed into inaction? Take heart. Here's how savvy consumers are financing their children's college educations....
The causal factors that influence the organization performance of the agricultural machinery industry
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2022)
management on the organizational performance of the agricultural machinery industry on research theory. The study's results can be used in management as a guideline for managing innovation and technological advancement. Businesses need to adapt and respond...
T.W. Schultz and the Human-Capital Approach to Entrepreneurship
(Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, 2006)
T.W. Schultz's theory of entrepreneurship is among his least known, but most interesting, contributions. While entrepreneurship is increasingly recognized as important for economic organization and development, it is not ...
The Mundane Economics of the Austrian School
(Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, 2008)
The Austrian School of economics -- the causal-realist, marginalist, subjectivist tradition established by Carl Menger in 1871 -- has experienced a remarkable renaissance over the last five decades. It is not always clear, however, exactly what...
Heterogeneous Capital, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Organization
(2002-11)
We outline an Austrian approach to economic organization based on the entrepreneur and the Austrian idea of capital as heterogeneous and time-dimensioned, two themes associated with Israel Kirzner's contributions. We provide ...
An Investigation of the Effects of Teacher Prepared Programmed Tapes, Designed to Enhance Student Listening Abilities on Aural Concept Identification Tasks
(1989)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of post-instruction
achievement by 9-10 year old students, in a single school in Silverdale, Washington, who were instructed with teacher-prepared instructional
tapes. ...
The college of tomorrow
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1962)
"Who will go to college--and where? What will they find? Who will teach them? Will they graduate? What will college have done for them? Who will pay--and how?"--Page 11
Social capital, agriculture Extension services and access of resources toward innovation adoption in household farming in Malaysia
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2021)
The objectives of the researcher were to find out the impacts of social capital, extension services and access of resources on innovation adoption in household farming, for which, a major mediating impact of human capital ...
Do Entrepreneurs Make Predictable Mistakes? Evidence from Corporate Divestitures
(Transaction Publishers, 2001-06)
Mises (1990) famously showed that economic calculation is not possible without private property in all markets, especially markets for factors of production. The Austrian business-cycle literature (Mises 1934; Hayek 1935; ...
Organizational Immersion and Diagnosis: The Work of Harry Levinson
(Karnac Books Ltd., 2003)
In the following, I present readers with an overview of Harry Levinson's contributions to psychoanalytic organization psychology. Then, I share excerpts from an interview conducted with him in August 2002 during the American ...
Sesqui singers leads the way
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1989)
"Watch eight students share the MU pride in a high-energy song-and-dance routine. We present . . . the Shelter Insurance Sesquicentennial Singers."--Table of contents for issue....