Behavioral ecology of Centrobolus (Diplopoda, Spirobolida, Pachybolidae) in Southern Africa | Chapter 1 | New Visions in Biological Science Vol.9

 To understand the mechanisms of selection, 42 research on fire millipedes were evaluated; sperm competition and cryptic female choice were investigated. In comparing male mating strategies to female mating strategies and sperm usage, approaches to: (1) quantify size dimorphism and find the selection pressures operating on the sexes, (2) determine the functional significance of male and female genitalia, (3) understand why there should be a conflict of sexual interests in prolonged copulations, and (4) resolve the mechanisms of sperm competition and cryptic female choice were included. The biological significance of the sexual distinctions between male and female body plans observed in millipedes is unknown.

Author(s) Details:

Mark Cooper,
School of Animal, Plant & Environmental Sciences University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa.

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An Empirical Analysis on Acumen of Farmer Members on Farmer Producer Companies | Chapter 6 | Innovations in Science and Technology Vol. 1

 The current study was done in Maharashtra, India, with the goal of analysing farmers' attitudes of Farmer Producer Companies (FPCs). The bulk of Indian farmers, who make for more than 86 percent of the farming population, continue to suffer numerous obstacles. The study's sample respondents were farmers who were members of the organisation. According to the findings of this study, 96.66 percent of farmers in category I, 82.73 percent of farmers in category II, and 77.50 percent of farmers in category III reported an increase in yields after joining a producer business. It was also noted that the quality of the produce had improved, and the majority of the farmers were satisfied with the price they received for their produce after joining FPCs. It was also fascinating to see that the farmers' problems were different in each of the three FPC groups. However, the manipulation of quotas and quality criteria by some corporations was a widespread problem for farmers in categories II and III. The SWOT analysis found that the primary strengths identified by farmers were more or less the same in the selected FPCs, such as provision of inputs and production services, higher yields due to better management, reducing price risk, and better bargaining for small holders. As regarded by the farmers, the adoption of new production technology was a shared weakness, and pro-government policy was a key opportunity for all producer enterprises. The challenge of sustaining long-term operations, cutthroat competition among organisations, and societal and cultural restraints are all recurrent threats to producer companies of all types.

Author(S) Details

S. B. Ramya Lakshmi
National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad-500030, Telangana, India.

G. Jaya
National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad-500030, Telangana, India.

K. C. Gummagolmath
National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad-500030, Telangana, India.

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Deming’s: Management’s Responsibility for the Utilization of Statistical Techniques in Industry | Chapter 14 | New Visions in Science and Technology Vol. 6

 William Edwards Deming said in his primary work released in 1953 that better quality through the use of statistical techniques can give enterprises with a competitive edge. He also claimed that in order to accomplish a larger and more effective use of these tools, senior management should understand organisational challenges in addition to becoming familiar with the results of statistical methods. This study examines Deming's initial assumption and evaluates its contribution and lessons for the present post-industrial era, in which BIG Data is gathered and exploited by many companies across a wide range of industries in order to obtain a competitive advantage through statistical analysis. It also dispels the popular idea that analytics-based competition is something fresh and novel, serving as a wake-up call for managers in analytically challenged organisations who will suddenly be underinvesting in a function that has been around for over half a century.

Author (S) Details  

 David Fogarty

Baruch College, Columbia University in the City of New York, New York University, University of Liverpool / City University of New York, New York, USA.

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Strategically Alliances and Distinction Competitions: A Case Study of Al-Sahara Libyan Bank and BNP Paribas French Bank Profitability Analysis | Chapter 7 | Insights into Economics and Management Vol. 10

 The enterprise that wishes to remain in business should adopt a system of cooperation with other organizations that engage in the activity, which assist it in achieving its goals and in achieving the goals of economic institutions that collaborate, the utility is mutual in this case, because the common interest emphasizes the need for cooperation. This paper derives its significance from the importance of strategic alliances and their role in fostering relationships and opportunities available to the national economy, as well as in opening local markets to global markets. This study and evaluation of its Profitability activities became important to ensure its efficiency and effectiveness as a strategic alliance between economic options that promotes growth and development by allowing the pooling of capacities and competencies of allied economic organizations. Whereas, one of the most important activities that ensures the significance of evaluation is the profitability activity. The research aims to investigate and analyze the Profitability that has been implemented at one of the commercial banks operating in Libya (Sahara Bank), following the formation of a strategic alliance with a French bank (BNP PARIBAS). The study's main findings were as follows: a) the lower the value of profits, financial position, and deposit certificates. b) There is a decrease in dealing with the loss of important customers due to a lack of trust in the foreign partner.

Author (s) Details

Munir Ali Husien
School of Economics & Management, Beihang University, China

Han Liyan
School of Economics & Management, Beihang University, China.

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A Model of Manufacturers and Buyers of Cars Over the Business Cycle Illustrating Competitive Manufacturing: Advanced Study | Chapter 3 | Current Strategies in Economics and Management Vol. 2

I illustrate competitive manufacturing with a simple numerical model of manufacturers and buyers of carsoverabusinesscyclewithoff-peakandpeakdemandperiods. Mymodelhastwotypesofplants manufacturing cars, plantK and plantL, each having linear total costs with absolute capacity limits. PlantK operates with low VC and high FC. PlantK, because of its low VC, produces continuously at capacity in off-peak and in peak periods. PlantL, because of its high VC, shut-downs in off-peak periods and produces at capacity in peak periods. I show results under perfect competition SRMC pricing. I prove mathematically two propositions with this model. Proposition I shows mathematically the conditions of investor indifference to choose between PlantsK and PlantsL. The significance is to show a positive aspect of PlantsL, its output-rate flexibility, that some may overlook. Proposition II shows mathematically the conditions that shifting consumption of car purchases from off-peak to peak necessarily adds to consumer surplus. The significance is to show the importance of increasing consumer purchases in peak periods. These two propositions are intuitive and common sense.

Author(s) Details

Gerald Aranoff
Professor of Accounting, Bnei Brak, Israel.

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Influence of Sowing Dates on Performance of Component Crops in a Pineapple-based Intercropping System | Chapter 3 | Advances and Trends in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 4

The effects of time of sowing cowpea into pineapple-pepper intercrop on growth and yields of cowpea and pepper in a pineapple-pepper intercropping system was investigated during the rainy and late seasons of 2011 and 2012 in Akure, a humid rainforest zone of Nigeria. The additive series of intercropping experiments were laid out in a randomised complete block design with three replications. Experimental treatments were based on varying time of sowing cowpea at three weeks intervals into pineapple-pepper intercrop in addition to the sole crop components. In the rainy-season planting, cowpea seed yields declined significantly by 80% with delayed sowing (at 6 and nine weeks) into the intercrop. In the late-season, cowpea seed yields dropped by over 50% with delayed planting. Pepper fruit yields also declined by 95% when cowpea was sown at the time of transplanting pepper in both the rainy and late season experiments. Cowpea yield components declined with delayed sowing while pepper yield components increased possibly via enhanced competition between pepper and cowpea. Sowing cowpea at the time of transplanting pepper lowered pineapple fruit yield. Land equivalent ratio values were more significant than one (>1) for all species mixtures indicating enhanced returns and complementarities among component crops.

Author (s) Details

A. J. Ajayi
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Technology, Federal College of Agriculture, Akure, Nigeria.

S. O. Agele
Department of Crop Soil and Pest Management, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.

O. P. Aiyelari
Department of Crop Soil and Pest Management, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.

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