Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Sagit Barel-Shaked Author-Workplace-Name: Western Galilee College, Acre, Israel Title: Network-based business model in the agri-food sector: A case study of Green Fingers Abstract: Globalisation and reduced trade barriers have created a competitive business environment, requiring agri-food firms to adopt a new innovative perspective. This research study examines a network-based business model of a new venture offering services to avocado farmers and its potential impact on customer performance. A theoretical framework of a network-based business model in the agri-food sector was developed and implemented in the production of avocados. The Israeli agri-food firm, Green Fingers, was selected as the case study to analyse the value drivers of the network-based business model. The proposed business model can serve as a benchmark in evaluating other business models and developing practical strategies in the agri-food sector. The model is flexible, adaptable in meeting the evolving needs of customers and farmers, and applicable to other sectors. The model's building blocks emphasise the importance of networking and diffusing knowledge among key stakeholders, adapting to changing environments, maintaining environmental sustainability, collaborating with policymakers, and supporting farmers. The extended business model canvas may enhance the currently limited research on network-based business models in the agri-food sector from theoretical and empirical perspectives. Keywords: agri-food entrepreneurship, avocado crop farming, entrepreneurial strategy, networking Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 162-170 Volume: 69 Issue: 4 Year: 2023 DOI: 10.17221/2/2023-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/2/2023-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-202304-0001.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:69:y:2023:i:4:id:2-2023-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Kristína Hudecová Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Economic Policy and Finance, Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia Author-Name: Miroslava Rajčániová Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Economic Policy and Finance, Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economic Theories, Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Title: The impact of geopolitical risk on agricultural commodity prices Abstract: The escalation of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine had a detrimental effect on the global agricultural and food market and the price movements of essential commodities. In this study, we aim to investigate the effects of geopolitical risk on the prices of selected agricultural and food commodities using the linear and nonlinear ARDL (autoregressive distributed lag) model. Our results show evidence of the asymmetric impact of geopolitical risk on the prices of rapeseed, sugar, sunflower oil, and wheat. The findings also show no long-term link between geopolitical risk and corn, cotton, lumber, milk, oats, rough rice, and soybean prices. Keywords: economic policy uncertainty, financial volatility, Russia-Ukraine war, time series analysis Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 129-139 Volume: 69 Issue: 4 Year: 2023 DOI: 10.17221/374/2022-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/374/2022-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-202304-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:69:y:2023:i:4:id:374-2022-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Jeremiás Máté Balogh Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Agricultural Economics, Institute of Sustainable Development, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary Title: The impacts of agricultural subsidies of Common Agricultural Policy on agricultural emissions: The case of the European Union Abstract: Agriculture is one of the main contributors to carbon emissions and is also significantly affected by changing climate. This article investigates the impacts of agricultural support on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from agriculture in the European Union. Panel regression models were used to examine the influence of subsidies in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on reducing GHGs from agriculture. First, estimates show that direct agricultural subsidies encouraged agricultural-related carbon emissions. Second, the study concludes that the expansion of organic agriculture and the rural development expenditures contributed to emissions reduction in the member states. Finally, the CAP Health Check reform decreased while the Ciolos reform stimulated GHG emissions. Keywords: agricultural payments, agricultural policy reforms, climate change, environmental pollution, sustainable agriculture Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 140-150 Volume: 69 Issue: 4 Year: 2023 DOI: 10.17221/51/2023-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/51/2023-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-202304-0003.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:69:y:2023:i:4:id:51-2023-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Graţiela Georgiana Noja Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Marketing and International Economic Relations, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, West University of Timişoara, Timişoara, Romania Author-Name: Mirela Cristea Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Finance, Banking and Economic Analysis, Center for Economic, Banking and Financial Research (CEBAFI), Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania Author-Name: Nicoleta Sîrghi Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics and Economic Modelling, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, West University of Timişoara, Timişoara, Romania Author-Name: Oana-Ramona Socoliuc Guriță Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics and International Relations, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Iași, Romania Author-Name: Ioana Vădăsan Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics and Economic Modelling, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, West University of Timişoara, Timişoara, Romania Author-Name: Daniel Cîrciumaru Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Finance, Banking and Economic Analysis, Center for Economic, Banking and Financial Research (CEBAFI), Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania Title: Corporate governance, ownership concentration and performance of European agricultural companies: New empirical evidence Abstract: Considering the relevance of the agricultural sectors for the European countries' development, but also the volatile features of agriculture, with unforeseen risks induced by climate, ensuring durable economic progress is foremost for the companies. This paper aims to assess the associations of the key parties in corporate governance (directors, managers, advisers, and shareholders), employees and the independence level with the main outcomes and capacity/size of the European companies operating in agriculture, fishing, and aquaculture activities. Using a newly compiled and complex dataset of 3 184 active companies from Europe, provided by the ORBIS database, advanced modelling approaches were employed, based on the robust regression (RREG) and Gaussian Graphical Model (GGM). The main findings emphasised that: directors, managers, and advisors had a strong positive influence on the firms' size, boosting their turnover, and the shareholders' funds; advisors induced positive connections with the companies' liquidity; the number of employees exerted positive impacts on the firms' size and outcomes of these companies; the independence level exerted a negative impact on the firms' size and outcomes. Finally, specific measures must be addressed to primarily reconsider the number of directors and managers and the shareholders' participation in the ownership of these companies due to their unfavourable exerted effects. Keywords: agriculture, board structure, econometric modelling, Europe, financial performance, strategy Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 151-161 Volume: 69 Issue: 4 Year: 2023 DOI: 10.17221/78/2023-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/78/2023-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-202304-0004.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:69:y:2023:i:4:id:78-2023-AGRICECON