scholarly journals Effects of Pricing Influences and Selling Characteristics on Plant Sales in the Green Industry

HortScience ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 575-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin L. Campbell ◽  
Charles R. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Critical Role ◽  
Flowering Plants ◽  
Research Committee ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Bedding Plants ◽  
Green Industry ◽  
Pricing Decisions ◽  
Herbaceous Perennials ◽  
Industry Research ◽  
Research Consortium

Data from the 2004 National Nursery Survey conducted by the USDA-CSREES S-1021 Multistate Research Committee (referred to as the Green Industry Research Consortium) were used to evaluate the effect of pricing influences and selling characteristics on total gross firm sales and gross sales of several plant categories (trees, roses, shrubs/azaleas, herbaceous perennials, bedding plants, foliage, and potted flowering plants) for commercial nurseries and greenhouses. As expected, the firm's selling characteristics play a large role in whether a firm sells a specific plant category. Demand factors also play a role in affecting plant category sales with income, population, and race tending to be the only significant variables, except for the potted flowering plants category. In regard to sales, our results show that certain factors affecting pricing decisions play a critical role in both plant category sales and total sales. Furthermore, demand and business characteristics play a limited role as well, but not as big a role as selling characteristics. Of note is that firms with an increased percentage of sales through wholesale channels (of most plant categories and overall) result in increased sales. By understanding the nursery and greenhouse industry environment and how decisions affect overall and categorical sales, firms can implement strategies that capitalize on factors that have the potential to generate increased sales.

scholarly journals Florida Nursery and Landscape Industry Characteristics Report

EDIS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hayk Khachatryan ◽  
Melinda Knuth ◽  
Alan Hodges ◽  
Charlie Hall
Keyword(s):  
National Survey ◽  
Recent Survey ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Green Industry ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Industry Research ◽  
State Research ◽  
Research Consortium

This publication summarizes production, marketing, and trade practices for Florida ornamental growers and dealers based on a 2019 national survey by the Green Industry Research Consortium, a multi-state research project under the USDA-National Institute for Food and Agriculture. The most recent survey collected information on business practices for the fiscal year 2018-2019 in all 50 states.

scholarly journals Trade Flows within the United States Nursery Industry in 2018

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-90
Author(s):  
Melinda J. Knuth ◽  
Hayk Khachatryan ◽  
Charles R. Hall ◽  
Marco A. Palma ◽  
Alan W. Hodges ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trade Flow ◽  
The United States ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
Regional Trade ◽  
Percentage Distribution ◽  
Green Industry ◽  
Industry Research ◽  
Survey Estimates ◽  
Research Consortium ◽  
The U.S

Abstract This study is a continuation of the series of summaries by the Green Industry Research Consortium examining the regional trade flows in the U.S. nursery industry. This detailed analysis of green industry regional trade flows in eight U.S. regions compares 2018 data with those of the 2008 and 2013 national survey estimates of origin and destination (OD) information to sales data. Specifically, we discuss: 1) regional annual sales reported by the green industry firms in 2018, 2) the percentage distribution of OD trade flows by regions and states, 3) differences in the percentage distribution of OD trade flows during the 5-year period by region (2013 to 2018), and 4) differences in the percentage distribution of OD trade flows during the 10-year period by region (2008 to 2018) for both intra-state (within home state) and inter-regional (between states) trade flows. The OD trade flow results were compared with those of 2008 and 2013. The results show considerable changes in intra-state and inter-regional trade flows from 2013 to 2018. From 2008 to 2018, only the Southcentral region increased in the proportion of sales within the region. Implications for relevant green industry stakeholders are discussed.

scholarly journals Production and Marketing Practices and Trade Flows in the United States Green Industry in 2013

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 125-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan W. Hodges ◽  
Hayk Khachatryan ◽  
Marco A. Palma ◽  
Charles R. Hall
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Wholesale Market ◽  
Bedding Plants ◽  
Green Industry ◽  
Herbaceous Perennials ◽  
Weather Uncertainty ◽  
Production Area

A national survey of 32,000 U.S. ornamental plant grower and dealer-retail firms was conducted to collect information on business practices and operating results for calendar year 2013. A total of 2,657 valid respondent firms reported annual sales of $3.957 billion, and employment of 38,657 fulltime, part-time, seasonal and foreign H2A workers. About 43 percent of sales were at retail to final consumers, and 57 percent through wholesale market channels, including landscape contractors, re-wholesalers, home centers, garden centers and mass merchandise stores. The top five specific plant categories reported were flowering annuals (bedding plants), deciduous shade and flowering trees, herbaceous perennials, deciduous shrubs, and vegetables/fruits/herbs. Container-grown plants were the predominant product form. Sales were reported for marketing practices such as advance contracting, brokerage, and transaction methods such as telephone or in-person sales. The internet was the largest advertising medium. International exports were a small share of total sales (<1%), while sales outside the production area for eight agroclimatic regions of the United States represented less than one percent to 36 percent of sales. Groundwater wells were the predominant source of irrigation water, and overhead sprinklers were the largest application method, followed by drip irrigation and hand watering. Factors perceived to be most important for the overall health of the green industry included market demand and weather uncertainty.

scholarly journals Business and Marketing Practices of U.S. Landscape Firms

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 884-892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariana Torres ◽  
Susan S. Barton ◽  
Bridget K. Behe
Keyword(s):  
Business Practices ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Business Growth ◽  
Bedding Plants ◽  
Green Industry ◽  
Herbaceous Perennials ◽  
Hourly Employees ◽  
Deciduous Shrubs ◽  
First Time ◽  
Selection Of

Little information has been published on the business and marketing practices of landscape firms, an important sector of the green industry. We sought to profile the product mix, advertising, marketing, and other business practices of United States landscape firms and compare them by business type (landscape only, landscape/retail, and landscape/retail/grower) as well as by firm size. We sent the 2014 Trade Flows and Marketing survey to a wide selection of green industry businesses across the country and for the first time included landscape businesses. Herbaceous perennials, shade trees, deciduous shrubs, and flowering bedding plants together accounted for half of all landscape sales; 3/4 of all products were sold in containers. However, landscape only firms sold a higher percentage of deciduous shrubs compared with landscape/retail/grower firms. Landscape businesses diversified their sales methods as they diversified their businesses to include production and retail functions. Landscape businesses spent, on average, 5.6% of sales on advertising, yet large landscape companies spent two to three times the percentage of sales on advertising compared with small- and medium-sized firms. Advertising as a percent of sales was three to four times higher for landscape/retail/grower compared with landscape only or landscape/retail firms; most respondents used Internet advertising as their primary method of advertising. The top three factors influencing price establishment in landscape businesses were plant grade, market demand, and uniqueness of plants, whereas inflation was ranked as the least important of the nine factors provided. A higher percentage of small and medium-sized firms perceived last year’s prices as more important in price establishment compared with large firms. A high percentage of large landscape companies said the ability to hire competent hourly employees was an important factor in business growth and management, but this was true only for about half of the small and medium-sized landscape companies.

Genetic and Epigenetic landscape of leukocyte infiltration identifies an immune prognosticator in lung adenocarcinoma

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Seema Khadirnaikar ◽  
Annesha Chatterjee ◽  
Sudhanshu Kumar Shukla
Keyword(s):  
Lung Adenocarcinoma ◽  
Immune Cell ◽  
Cox Regression ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Immune Gene ◽  
Leukocyte Infiltration ◽  
Clinical Genetic ◽  
Factors Affecting

BACKGROUND: Leukocyte infiltration plays an critical role in outcome of various diseases including Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). OBJECTIVES: To understand the genetic and epigenetic factors affecting leukocyte infiltration and identification and validation of immune based biomarkers. METHOD: Correlation analysis was done to get the associations of the factors. CIBERSORT analysis was done for immune cell infiltration. Genetic and epigenetic analysis were performed. Cox regression was carried out for survival. RESULTS: We categorized the TCGA-LUAD patients based on Leukocyte fraction (LF) and performed extensive immunogenomic analysis. Interestingly, we showed that LF has a negative correlation with copy number variation (CNV) but not with mutational load. However, several individual genetic mutations, including KRAS and KEAP1, were significantly linked with LF. Also, as expected, patients with high LF showed significantly increased expression of genes involved in leukocyte migration and activation. DNA methylation changes also showed a strong association with LF and regulated a significant proportion of genes associated with LF. We also developed and validated an independent prognostic immune signature using the top six prognostic genes associated with LF. CONCLUSION: Together, we have identified clinical, genetic, and epigenetic variations associated with LUAD LF and developed an immune gene-based signature for disease prognostication.

Practice-Based Research: Opportunities and Obstacles

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-406
Author(s):  
K. K. Christoffel ◽  
H. J. Binns ◽  
J. A. Stockman ◽  
P. McGuire ◽  
J. Poncher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Group ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Pediatric Practice ◽  
Patient Registries ◽  
Services Research ◽  
Hospital Perspective ◽  
Study Protocols ◽  
Practice Based Research ◽  
Research Consortium

Renewed interest in practice-based research reflects growing realization of the limitations of research from a hospital perspective. Practice-based pediatric research promises to broaden the range and severity of conditions commonly studied, to enhance the study of the natural history of disease and of normal development, to provide normal controls and standards, and to facilitate recruitment of adequate sample sizes. Cohort, incidence, and health services research will be promoted by the development of patient registries. The Chicago area Pediatric Practice Research Group is a research consortium of 81 practitioners in 27 office practices. Formed in 1984, it receives logistic and financial support from children's Memorial Hospital, with which it is affiliated. The Pediatric Practice Research Group has undertaken six studies, most with outside funding. During these studies, some unifying characteristics of practice-based research have emerged. These include the need to tailor study protocols to individual practice characteristics and routines and the critical role of office staff in the conduct of research. Features can be identified that make specific studies more or less intrusive into office functioning. It has proved feasible to obtain data of high quality and reproducibility despite geographically scattered data collection sites. This review of Pediatric Practice Research Group activities and experience is intended to open an exchange of ideas with others interested in practice-based research.

scholarly journals Identification of factors affecting a green industry: a literature review

2020 ◽  
Vol 801 ◽  
pp. 012097
Author(s):  
Sophia Aryani Siregar ◽  
Humala Napitupulu ◽  
Rosnani Ginting
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Green Industry

Test of a Dignity Model in patients with heart failure

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 532-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossein Bagheri ◽  
Farideh Yaghmaei ◽  
Tahereh Ashktorab ◽  
Farid Zayeri
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Research Committee ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Correlational Design ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure ◽  
Design Activities ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Fit Index

Background: Identifying, maintenance, and promotion of dignity in different patients of various cultures is an ethical responsibility of healthcare workers. Research questions: This study was conducted to investigate factors related to dignity in patients with heart failure and test the validity of Dignity Model. Design: The study had a descriptive-correlational design, and data collection was carried out by means of four specific questionnaires. Participants and context: A total of 130 in-patients from cardiac wards in hospitals affiliated with Tehran and Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences participated. Ethical consideration: This study was approved by the Research Committee of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. Findings: Significant correlation showed the following: between illness related worries with dignity conserving repertoire score, between illness related worries with social dignity, between illness related worries with dignity conserving repertoire score, and between social dignity with dignity score. Goodness Fit Index and Comparative Fit Index were calculated greater than 0.9. Discussion: This study affirms the importance of careful evaluation of individual patients to determine their needs related to dignity. Conclusion: According to the results, the necessity of using appropriate tools to assess various aspects of patients’ dignity by clinical healthcare staff and design activities with particular focus on the main factors affecting dignity such as illness related worries and social dignity is recommended. Attention to this issue in everyday clinical practice can facilitate health professionals/nurses to potentially improve their patients’ dignity, develop quality of care and treatment, and improve patients’ satisfaction.

Knowledge Utilisation in AgriFood SMEs: Effects of Organisational and Informational Factors

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 235-248
Author(s):  
David Eshun Yawson
Keyword(s):  
Critical Role ◽  
User Interaction ◽  
Consumer Information ◽  
Partial Least Squares Analysis ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Knowledge Utilisation ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Role Of Information

Given the critical role of information and marketing in SME management it is surprising that little attention has been paid to the salient factors that motivate or inhibits consumer information used by agrifood SMEs. A model of organisational and informational factors affecting knowledge utilisation in Agri-food SMEs is presented and empirically tested through partial least squares analysis via SmartPLS. The results of the empirical testing of the conceptual model provide evidence to indicate that functional and technical qualities, provider-user interaction and usefulness in the market environment are determinants of knowledge utilisation. The findings of this study have implications for agri-food SME management in the UK regarding their growth and competitiveness in the medium and long term.

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