Vol 11, No 1-2 (2017)
Issue Description
This issue is number 1-2 of the 2017 volume of Apstract. This means that the journal Apstract had its
10years anniversary in 2016. In the aftermath of this special occasion, attention is paid to the history of
our open access journal. This done in the first paper of this issue.
The other 19 papers deal with a range of topics in the field of agribusiness and commerce. There is a
variety in approach, methods, topics and scope. Contributions come from all parts of the academic world
e.g. Africa, America, Asia but also Europe, demonstrating that Apstract is becoming a truly international
journal and not confined to Europe.
Three papers deal with consumers and households. One paper deals with food waste and the waste of
bread in particular in Hungary. In another paper consumer willingness to pay a premium for functional
food in Ghana is analysed. The socio-economic determinants of fish shoppers in Trinidad- Tobacco is
the topic if the third paper in the area of consumers and households.
Several papers deal with the choice of sophisticated econometric models and techniques to societal problems
such as the long run equilibrium bet. . .
This issue is number 1-2 of the 2017 volume of Apstract. This means that the journal Apstract had its
10years anniversary in 2016. In the aftermath of this special occasion, attention is paid to the history of
our open access journal. This done in the first paper of this issue.
The other 19 papers deal with a range of topics in the field of agribusiness and commerce. There is a
variety in approach, methods, topics and scope. Contributions come from all parts of the academic world
e.g. Africa, America, Asia but also Europe, demonstrating that Apstract is becoming a truly international
journal and not confined to Europe.
Three papers deal with consumers and households. One paper deals with food waste and the waste of
bread in particular in Hungary. In another paper consumer willingness to pay a premium for functional
food in Ghana is analysed. The socio-economic determinants of fish shoppers in Trinidad- Tobacco is
the topic if the third paper in the area of consumers and households.
Several papers deal with the choice of sophisticated econometric models and techniques to societal problems
such as the long run equilibrium between exports and imports in Ghana. Another paper deals with the
interior point algorithm for solving farm resource allocation problems as an alternative to the simplex
algorithm, whereas in a third paper a stochastic frontier model is used to assess the effect of off-farm
participation on the technical efficiency of smallholder farmers in Ghana.
Finance is the umbrella for four papers. There is a note on simple and logarithmic return for financial
assets like stocks or portfolios. Another contribution pays attention to an international outlook in financial
reporting, whereas in a third paper systematic risk factors and stock return volatility are analysed for the
case of Pakistan. The fourth paper assesses the financial viability of the floricultural industry in Ghana
using various investment appraisal methods.
Two papers deal with issues in the field of labour. One paper addresses the impact of ICTS on occupational
choice and labour productivity in Nigeria, whereas a second paper uses structural equation modelling
to assess the contribution of various factors on job satisfaction of public sector employees in Mongolia.
Four papers relate to market phenomena. In the one paper the price erosion of generic plant protection
products is analysed for Poland, whereas in the second paper the effect of Russian food import sanctions
on the restaurant business in Moscow is addressed. The effect of the economic crisis on the market
of corporate philanthropy is the topic of the third paper, whereas the effect of type of greenhouses on
economic indicators and supply of peppers in Hungary is discussed in the fourth one.
Universities not only produce research, but also enrich the human capital of students. This can be done
thru MBA education, as is discussed in one paper for the university of Debrecen. A second paper in this
area of human capital of students analyses the impact of entrepreneurship education on students behaviour.
Apstract is also paying attention to sports issues. One of the papers in this issue addresses gender equalization
on ice, a comparison of female figure skaters with female ice hockey players.