Agricultural Economics, 2021 (vol. 67), issue 7
Approaches of selected organisations in the Czech Republic to promoting the concept of sustainable development and corporate social responsibilityOriginal Paper
Pavla Vrabcová, Hana Urbancová
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2021, 67(7):255-265 | DOI: 10.17221/8/2021-AGRICECON 
Sustainable development is a concept that is constantly evolving, being discussed at the global, national, and local levels, not only among individuals but also within organisations. However, the importance of this concept lies in its complexity. The article's main goal is to identify the approaches of selected Czech companies to promote the concept of sustainable development and evaluate the basic factors that impact competitiveness. The data were obtained based on quantitative research (questionnaire survey of data collection) in selected organisations (n = 179) and additional qualitative research in the form of individual interviews with...
Inferring customer heterogeneity for rural tourism: A latent class approach based on a best-worst choice modellingOriginal Paper
Wookhyun An, Silverio Alarcón
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2021, 67(7):266-276 | DOI: 10.17221/56/2021-AGRICECON
This research aims to analyse customers' preference heterogeneity for rural tourism in Spain and explore their preferences' personal and socio-demographic factors. To achieve this purpose, latent class analysis with the best-worst choice modelling has been applied through conducting a survey on 452 customers in Madrid and Barcelona. The results show that there are five classes in the Spanish rural tourism market: 'all-around seeker', 'leisure activist', 'culture explorer', 'comfort-driven user', and 'basic value pursuer'. The contribution of this investigation is that it is the first study that applied the latent class analysis with best-worst choice...
The role of the leading exporters in the global soybean tradeOriginal Paper
Claudia V. Montanía, Teresa Fernández-Núñez, Miguel A. Márquez
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2021, 67(7):277-285 | DOI: 10.17221/433/2020-AGRICECON
This paper examines the global soybean market in a holistic way, analyses the land use and other historical determinants of soybean exports, such as labour and capital endowments, soybean productivity, international prices and demand conditions through an empirical model. In addition, it pays particular attention to the role of leading exporters in the export changes and the nature of the connections between them in an interrelated system. The results suggest that the productivity per hectare and the land used to harvest soybeans are the main factors explaining soybean exports in a global context. The analysis also reveals that Brazil, the current...
Case studies research in the bioeconomy: A systematic literature reviewReview
Gianmaria Tassinari, Dušan Drabik, Stefano Boccaletti, Claudio Soregaroli
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2021, 67(7):286-303 | DOI: 10.17221/21/2021-AGRICECON
Case study research plays a crucial role in studying the development of the bioeconomy. The versatility of the empirical method coupled with the uncertainty surrounding the bioeconomy concept requires a consistent and comparable application of the method to obtain valid and generalizable results. To stimulate such systematization, we first need to know the state of case studies in bioeconomy research. This article reviews the recent literature with a qualitative content analysis facilitated by systematic text coding. Our results provide an overview of how the narratives of the concept of bioeconomy affect the versatility of the case study research....