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R&D investment and productivity in the U.S. and Canadian food processing sectors

Chan-Kang, Connie (1997-10-21)

Increased competition brought about by trade liberalization has raised the stakes for improving productivity in U.S. and Canadian food processing. A key element of productivity growth is technological change, which in ...
Regional analysis of the US groundfish fishery : implications of the extended fishery jurisdiction for the Pacific Northwest fishery

Adu-Asamoah, Richard (1987-04-13)

The Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 took effect on March 1, 1977. By this Act the United States extended its management over fisheries to 200 nautical miles from shore. Extended fishery jurisdiction w ...
The relationship among income, labor productivity, property taxes and migration, U.S. agriculture, 1957-70

Griffin, Wade L. (1972-08-01)
The relationship between farm supply cooperatives' economic performance and their organizational power centers' levels of motivation to achieve objectives

Lough, Harold W. (1971-03-05)
The relationship between population and residential property taxes in Oregon

Buchanan, Shepard C. (1979-03-01)

The relationship between population and residential property taxes is not well understood. This study is an attempt to discern the relationship. The basic questions examined are: How does population affect tax bills? ...
The relationship of absentee ownership of manufacturing plants to income growth, income inequality and employment instability in Oregon

Mandelbaum, Thomas B. (1984-06-07)

Absentee-owned manufacturing plants made up a significant portion of the manufacturing sector in Oregon. In both 1969 and 1979, more than a quarter of the state's wage and salary manufacturing workers were employed by ...
Relationships between plant size and cost of processing fluid milk in Oregon

Strain, James Robert (1957-04-26)
Resource combination and product-mix in Oregon seafood processing

Chong, Kee-Chai (1978-06-09)
Retirees and local governments in Oregon : an empirical study of the Tiebout sorting hypotheses

Hill, Kenneth B. (Kenneth Brian), 1964- (1996-08-30)
Risk analysis of alternative tillage systems in North Central Oregon dryland wheat production

Akbari, Ahmad, 1952- (1986-02-10)
Risk and the selection of alternative weed management technologies in Philippine upland rice production

O'Brien, Dennis Terrence (1980-06-30)
Risk modeling using direct solution of expected utility maximization problems

Lambert, David K. (1984-12-19)

A model of agricultural decision making is developed and tested in this thesis. The expected value of utility evaluated under alternative outcomes is directly maximized in a nonlinear programming model. Two features of t ...
Risk/return analysis of irrigation system design and operating rules

Nielsen, Kim C. (1982-06-15)

A model was developed to simulate winter wheat production on irrigated farmland similar to that found near Hermiston, Oregon. The simulated farm is irrigated with a side roll sprinkler system. A well is located adjace ...
The role of borrowed funds in Oregon cooperatives

Wissman, Roger A. (1965-04-01)

In Oregon agricultural cooperatives perform an important part of the marketing of agricultural products and the distributing of farm supplies. The performance of these associations directly affects the financial returns ...
The role of employment in dualistic economic development models

Shadman-Valavi, Mohammad (1970-06-29)

Traditionally employment and output have been the major two criteria for evaluating aggregate performance in a dual economic model for less developed countries. This has been mainly discussed by transferring labor from t ...
The role of exchange rates in the decision making by multinational corporation[s] and issues in international seafood trade

Lin, Biing-Hwan (1984-01-16)
The role of processors in the improvement and expansion of fruit crop production in the western state of Nigeria ; a case study

Olufokunbi, Banwo (1972-11-22)

Four assumptions-- 1. That there is an effective and potential demand for processed fruit products in the Western State of Nigeria. 2. That current supply of raw materials in the Western State of Nigeria is more than ...
The role of selected population and site characteristics in the demand for forest recreation

Guedry, Leo Joseph (1969-10-30)
The role of selected regulations on the distribution of West Coast groundfish

Earley, Jim V. (1983-12-07)

Expanding groundfish production on the West Coast and in the United States in total, over the past decade, has increased competition in the groundfish market. During the same period, regulations have evolved to contro ...
Salmon consumption at the household level in Japan

Kikuchi, Akihiro (1987-03-12)

The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the salmon demand of Japanese households. The specific goals are to illuminate the substitutional relationship between salmon and other foods and to examine seasonal ...