Generalizability of industrial organization studies: the case of food retailing

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Food retailing studies since the 1930s were analyzed to determine the generalizability of Industrial Organization within the industry. Two patterns were manifested in the analysis of Industrial Organization studies in food retailing: the tendency to involve unusual data and hypotheses in a scientific process and the tendency to test controversial relationships established by the former kind of studies. The nature of Industrial Organization, such as the presence of many weak relationships, have been established as factors that reduce the generalizability of these studies.

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Internal decision making in an agribusiness: a case study

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A case study of an agribusiness firm is conducted to give academic researchers the context with which to evaluate the internal decision-making process in such an enterprise. Such a context will also provide for other parties within the firm a basis by which they may understand the roles they play in the decision process. The neoclassical economic theory and the behavioral theory of the firm are the foundations used to understand the decision process. It is revealed that both theoretical foundations are relied upon in making the final decision.

Decision-making, Decision making, Planning, Case studies, Farm corporations

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Testing for personality bias in evaluating agribusiness students

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Agribusiness students are compared with four reference populations to determine their distribution within the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality types. Tests for personality bias across students and between student and teacher are also conducted to assess their academic performance on oral reports and written examinations. Results show that distribution of personality types among agribusiness students is significantly different than the distribution among teachers from six out of 16 types.

Agriculture, Usage, Testing, Students, Study and teaching, Personality tests, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

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