scholarly journals Analysis of the characteristics of connotation evolution of agricultural modernization with Chinese characteristics in the 70 years since the founding of New China

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-74
Author(s):  
Yongmu Jiang ◽  
Lu Yang ◽  
Zhang Xiaolei
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Agricultural Modernization ◽  
Agricultural Structure ◽  
Chinese Characteristics ◽  
Solid Foundation

PurposeWith the development of social productive forces and the advancement of agricultural practices since the founding of New China, the connotation of agricultural modernization with Chinese characteristics has undergone a process from formation to continuous expansion and deepening.Design/methodology/approachIts evolution can be roughly divided into four stages: the exploration stage, the formation stage, the establishment stage and the deepening stage. The historical evolution of the connotation of agricultural modernization with Chinese characteristics demonstrates four typical characteristics, namely increasingly scientific logical premise, continuously diversified orientations, increasingly improved core contents and progressively maturing strategies of development.FindingsThe achievements of agricultural modernization have laid a solid foundation for China's industrial modernization and the rapid development of the national economy. Meanwhile, the authors have identified through practical exploration a path of agricultural modernization with Chinese characteristics. In recent years, academic research on the connotation of agricultural modernization with Chinese characteristics has gradually heated up, and relevant achievements have emerged constantly.Originality/valueThe Communist Party of China (hereinafter “CPC”) has placed considerable emphasis on agricultural issues and has been committed to promoting agricultural modernization since the founding of New China. Through long-term persistence and unremitting efforts, China has made remarkable achievements in agricultural development: significantly improved agricultural production conditions and agricultural output capacity, constantly optimized agricultural structure and steadily increased the income of farmers.

Study on the quality improvement on black land in Northeast China under the environment of sustainable agricultural development

Kybernetes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Teng ◽  
Boyuan Pang ◽  
Xiangyu Guo
Keyword(s):  
Soil Quality ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Northeast China ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Ecological Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Management Quality ◽  
Black Land

PurposeThe authors are committed to providing the Chinese government with a foundation for making decisions that will protect black land and ensure long-term agricultural development.Design/methodology/approachUsing the grounded theory approach, this study investigates the influencing factors affecting the quality of black land in Northeast China and proposes a hypothetical model for the mechanism of the influencing factors on the quality of black land in Northeast China.FindingsThe factors influencing the quality of black land include not only soil quality, ecological quality and environmental quality, but also economic quality and management quality, and can be classified into five categories. There are complex influence relationships between various factors and black land quality, with soil quality, ecological quality, environmental quality and management quality having a positive influence on economic quality. Soil quality, ecological quality and environmental quality are all improved as a result of good management. Black land quality is influenced positively by environmental quality, economic quality and management quality.Research limitations/implicationsThe quality of black land is a major concern in terms of food production and long-term agricultural development. The black land in Northeast China was chosen as the subject of this study, and the research findings have some limitations. The next step will be to expand from studying the black land in Northeast China to the black land worldwide.Originality/valueIn Northeast China, the quality of the five dimensions of black land must be improved in a coordinated and consistent manner.

Coffee farmers' incentives to comply with sustainability standards

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 365-383
Author(s):  
Sylvaine Lemeilleur ◽  
Julie Subervie ◽  
Anderson Edilson Presoto ◽  
Roberta Souza Piao ◽  
Maria Sylvia M. Saes
Keyword(s):  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Price Premium ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Poor Access ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Coffee Farmers ◽  
Sustainability Standards ◽  
Public Strategies

PurposeThis paper investigates the incentives to coffee farmers to participate in certification schemes that require improved agricultural practices.Design/methodology/approachThe authors ran a choice experiment among 250 Brazilian coffee farmers in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.FindingsThe authors’ findings show that both cash and non-cash payments are likely to incentive farmers' participation in a certification scheme. Besides price premium, incentives as long-term contracts and provision of technical would encourage producers to adopt eco-certification schemes. Our results also suggest that non-cash payments may be appropriate substitutes to a price premium to some extent.Research limitations/implicationsThe large coffee producers are over-represented in our sample compared to the population of Brazilian coffee farms. However, it seems reasonable to focus on these producers, as they are usually the ones who individually adopt strategies, since small farmers are induced by collective strategies (e.g. cooperatives).Social implicationsThe result regarding technical assistance makes sense given that Brazilian farmers generally have poor access to rural extension services.Originality/valueWe contributed in the literature about adoption of sustainable agriculture practices analyzing the requirements and motivations for farmer participation in certification schemes. We also contribute private and public strategies to encourage the adoption of sustainable practices.

Strengthening the weak link of Macao's responsible gambling practices: a consumer education perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunli Ji ◽  
Sudhir H. Kale
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Weak Link ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Responsible Gambling ◽  
Consumer Education ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Current State ◽  
Government Documents ◽  
The Government

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to assess the current state of consumer education in the context of responsible gambling in Macao and to suggest ways in which Macao could enhance its consumer education efforts to meet its challenges with regard to responsible gambling.Design/methodology/approachExploratory and interpretative approaches have been adopted to suggest why and how Macao should strengthen responsible gambling education. The methodology involved extensive review of relevant academic research, government documents and reports related to Macao's responsible gambling initiatives.FindingsEffective long-term responsible gambling education is needed in Macao to further people's understanding of gambling and gambler's fallacy. The government should take leadership in influencing all stakeholders toward effective initiatives and behaviors related to responsible gambling education.Originality/valueAlthough research on responsible gambling education is still in its infancy, its importance in reducing common misconceptions about gambling has already been established. This study contributes to strengthen Macao's responsible gambling practices by proposing several changes needed to provide desired outcomes through consumer education.

It takes a village to raise an ECR

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynette Browning ◽  
Kirrilly Thompson ◽  
Drew Dawson
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Research Performance ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Research Career ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Track Record

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe organisational strategies that support early career researchers in building a successful track record which can lead to a successful academic research career. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws on more than a decade of experience designing, implementing and evaluating professional development programmes for early career researchers in universities. Findings If an early career researcher is to achieve long-term success, the first five years after graduating with a doctorate are critical in establishing long-term career success. Professional development programmes for early career researchers are more successful if they are supported by organisational strategies around workload, performance management and accountability. Originality/value If implemented, these organisational strategies can assist early career researchers to build a successful track record, which can lead to a successful research career and contribute towards increasing aggregate institutional research performance for universities.

Suppliers’ power relationships with industrial key customers

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 562-571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvie Lacoste ◽  
Keith Blois
Keyword(s):  
Academic Research ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Industrial Companies ◽  
Key Account ◽  
Corrugated Cardboard ◽  
Set Up

Purpose – This paper aims to incorporate material derived from four case study analyses of industrial business-to-business relationships. Although there is a substantial amount of literature on the concept of power, there is little academic research studying the “perception” of power – especially that of key customers’ suppliers – relative to that of the buying company. This paper develops a framework, which provides a different set of perceptions regarding the nature of supplier-key customer relationship. Design/methodology/approach – The case studies involve four firms that have been long-term suppliers to a number of global industrial companies and who have set up key account programs to work with them. Three suppliers are in the corrugated cardboard industry (two large and one medium-sized company) and one supplier (a medium-sized company) is in the coding equipment industry. Findings – The study develops a power framework, which can be used in the analysis of buyer/supplier power and points out the risk that can arise when one or more of the parties involved operates on the basis of perceptions that are incorrect. Originality/value – The results suggest that the actors’ power perceptions are important constructs, which have so far been neglected in the academic literature, and stress the role of “subjectivity” in the actors’ analysis of power.

Supply chain sales forecasting based on lightGBM and LSTM combination model

2019 ◽  
Vol 120 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tingyu Weng ◽  
Wenyang Liu ◽  
Jun Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Production Environment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Temporal Features ◽  
High Level

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to design a model that can accurately forecast the supply chain sales. Design/methodology/approach This paper proposed a new model based on lightGBM and LSTM to forecast the supply chain sales. In order to verify the accuracy and efficiency of this model, three representative supply chain sales data sets are selected for experiments. Findings The experimental results show that the combined model can forecast supply chain sales with high accuracy, efficiency and interpretability. Practical implications With the rapid development of big data and AI, using big data analysis and algorithm technology to accurately forecast the long-term sales of goods will provide the database for the supply chain and key technical support for enterprises to establish supply chain solutions. This paper provides an effective method for supply chain sales forecasting, which can help enterprises to scientifically and reasonably forecast long-term commodity sales. Originality/value The proposed model not only inherits the ability of LSTM model to automatically mine high-level temporal features, but also has the advantages of lightGBM model, such as high efficiency, strong interpretability, which is suitable for industrial production environment.

A collection explosion: finding our collection roots and examining how we got from there to here

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 136-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary S. Laskowski ◽  
Jennifer A. Maddox Abbott ◽  
Michael A. Norman
Keyword(s):  
Academic Research ◽  
Collection Development ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Institution ◽  
Shared Content ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Research Collection ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Solid Foundation ◽  
The University

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present research findings from a project to identify, locate and examine the first collection of a large academic research institution. The article also examines changes in collections over time and some of the factors influencing changing collection development policies and practice. Design/methodology/approach – Methodology included historical archival research, collection discovery and item by item comparison. Findings – As electronic access, shared repositories and access to shared content reshape the collection development landscape, the emphasis is shifting toward global access and unique local content. And yet, we see that this new model is built on a solid foundation of collection development almost 150 years in the making. Originality/value – Understanding how the University Library got to where it is will help inform future decisions and directions regarding collection development, and allow others to compare our findings against their own institutional growth and forward trajectory.

scholarly journals BspK, a Serine Protease from the Predatory Bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus with Utility for Analysis of Therapeutic Antibodies

2016 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleni Bratanis ◽  
Henrik Molina ◽  
Andreas Naegeli ◽  
Mattias Collin ◽  
Rolf Lood
Keyword(s):  
Serine Protease ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Therapeutic Antibodies ◽  
Product Evaluations ◽  
Bdellovibrio Bacteriovorus ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Quality Controls ◽  
Ph Range ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

ABSTRACT The development of therapeutic and diagnostic antibodies is a rapidly growing field of research, being the fastest expanding group of products on the pharmaceutical market, and appropriate quality controls are crucial for their application. We have identified and characterized the serine protease termed BspK (Bdellovibrio serine protease K) from Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus and here show its activity on antibodies. Mutation of the serine residue at position 230 rendered the protease inactive. Further investigations of BspK enzymatic characteristics revealed autoproteolytic activity, resulting in numerous cleavage products. Two of the autoproteolytic cleavage sites in the BspK fusion protein were investigated in more detail and corresponded to cleavage after K28 and K210 in the N- and C-terminal parts of BspK, respectively. Further, BspK displayed stable enzymatic activity on IgG within the pH range of 6.0 to 9.5 and was inhibited in the presence of ZnCl2. BspK demonstrated preferential hydrolysis of human IgG1 compared to other immunoglobulins and isotypes, with hydrolysis of the heavy chain at position K226 generating two separate Fab fragments and an intact IgG Fc domain. Finally, we show that BspK preferentially cleaves its substrates C-terminally to lysines similar to the protease LysC. However, BspK displays a unique cleavage profile compared to several currently used proteases on the market. IMPORTANCE The rapid development of novel therapeutic antibodies is partly hindered by difficulties in assessing their quality and safety. The lack of tools and methods facilitating such quality controls obstructs and delays the process of product approval, eventually affecting the patients in need of treatment. These difficulties in product evaluations indicate a need for new and comprehensive tools for such analysis. Additionally, recent concerns raised regarding the limitations of established products on the market (e.g., trypsin) further highlight a general need for a larger array of proteases with novel cleavage profiles to meet current and future needs, within both the life science industry and the academic research community.

Strategy and business models: why winning companies need both

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 39-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Braun ◽  
Scott Latham ◽  
Benedetto Cannatelli
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Model Design ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Managerial Attention ◽  
Business Model Design ◽  
A Company

Purpose This paper aims to highlight the importance of addressing both competitive strategy and business model for the long-term success of a company. The paper builds a prescriptive framework to help managers assess their companies’ positions based on the extent to which they attend to their strategies and business models simultaneously. In doing so, the paper offers four possible outcomes – idling, faceoff, breakdown and traction – providing examples to capture each scenario and managerial prescription. Design/methodology/approach The framework of this study is based on academic research in strategy and business model design, the authors’ scholarly work on innovation and their combined experiences and observations in the industry. The framework uses examples of well-known companies to make the case for why managers need to pay heed to both business models and strategies simultaneously to achieve long-term competitive profitability. Findings This study’s framework suggests that the delicate balance between strategy and business model design determines the long-term competitive advantage and profitability of a company. Focusing on strategy without paying heed to the business model can cause companies to lose sight of changing customer behaviors. Alternatively, managerial attention to business models at the exclusion of its strategy leaves the company vulnerable to competition. The framework points at the delicate strategy–business model balance required to manage winning companies. Originality/value Business models and strategies represent two separate yet inextricably linked domains under the purview of management. However, companies can be weakened because of an overemphasis on one at the expense of the other. This paper’s framework offers a simple yet effective guide to assist managers in assessing their organizations’ current positions while also providing direction toward addressing any shortcomings.

A best practice model for the effective deployment of 360° feedback

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 13-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Lawrence
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Tool Selection ◽  
Practice Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Government Organization ◽  
360 Feedback ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Feedback Program

Purpose – The purpose of this two-part study was to develop and test a best practice model for the deployment of 360 feedback in organizations. Design/methodology/approach – In the first study, 59 stakeholders were interviewed including Learning & Development (L & D) managers, 360 program participants and the coaches providing feedback on those programs. A grounded theory methodology was deployed from which emerged a preliminary best practice model. In the second study, the model was tested in the design and evaluation of a 360 feedback program in an Australian Government organization. Findings – A best practice model emerged that emphasizes the importance of establishing a clear purpose for such programs, a purpose that provides context for tool selection, stakeholder engagement and the framing of expected outcomes. The model highlights the importance of resourcing an adequate feedback process that provides short- and long- term support for participants, as they seek to make sense of the feedback and commit to specific actions. Originality/value – The best practice model draws on academic research and the experience of practitioners to derive a set of guidelines that should both enhance the return on investment afforded to 360 programs and lead to participants feeling more engaged with the organizations they work for.

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