Contracts, Quality, and Industr ialization in Agr iculture: Hypotheses and Empir ical Analysis of the California Winegrape Industry

The Role of Corporate Governance Mechanisms and the Auditor's Specialty in Debt Contract Strictness

Objective: Violation of contractual conditions leads to the transmission of bad news due to poor performance and the expertise of auditors and regulatory mechanisms can be a factor in adjusting it. In this article, the purpose is to examine the role of strictness in the debt contract and the auditor's expertise. Research Method: In order to study the subject based on the logistic regression mo...

Systematic & Structural Analysis of Innovation System of Iran’s Oil Industr

In this descriptive qualitative research with case study research strategy, the Iranian oil industry innovation system in the form of adopting a structural and functional approach (systemic approach) in depth and in its natural context from the perspective of the participants studied. Based on theoretical framework that includes five systemic components of innovation system, actors and relation...

Farmland, Urbanization, and Agr iculture in the Sacramento Region*

Modelling the relationship between climate, winegrape price and winegrape quality in Australia

An essential pre-requisite to exploration of the potential impacts of climate change on wine quality is to establish a robust relationship between winegrape quality and climate. Here, Australian wine industry regional scale climate and winegrape quality information were evaluated. A model that describes the climate sensitivity of quality measures for premium winegrape varieties grown in Austral...

Analysis of Foreign Investment Contracts in the oil Industry from the Perspective of Technological Learning

The primary sources of energy for countries rich in oil and gas like Iran are petroleum, petroleum products, and natural gas resources. Foreign investments in the petroleum industry are concluded in the form of collaboration agreements, and the key to developing countries’ success in such agreements is technological learning. In the present study, we use mixed-method research to analyze differe...