Innovative Financial Approach for Agricultural Sustainability: A Case Study of Alibaba

Zhou, Qi; Chen, Xiangfeng; Li, Shuting

doi:10.3390/su10030891

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“…Agriculture entrepreneurship is significantly contributing to improve farmers' market and economic (financial and non-financial) performance in many ways [92]. Improved financial performance minimizes costs, spurs business growth, profitability and sustainability [93]. On the other hand, non-financial performance contributes to entrepreneurial skills, self-sufficiency and satisfaction among farmingentrepreneurs [94].…”

Section: Agriculture Entrepreneurship and Agrarian Performancementioning

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Linking Entrepreneurial Skills and Opportunity Recognition with Improved Food Distribution in the Context of the CPEC: A Case of Pakistan

et al. 2019

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Far-reaching changes in the domestic and global markets are crafting big avenues for farmers and agribusiness entrepreneurs. This study examines the agriculture entrepreneurship and farmers’ performance in the context of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). A survey was conducted to collect primary data from three agricultural zones adjacent to the under-construction CPEC in Pakistan. According to the results, market orientation, entrepreneurial orientation, innovation orientation, and opportunity recognition positively influence agriculture entrepreneurship thereby facilitating timely distribution of food commodities in ensuring food security. Our findings also indicate that uptake of entrepreneurship complements farmers’ marketing, operational and economic performance. These findings do imply that improving farmers’ entrepreneurial skills is the essential element for their improved performance in terms of locating potential markets and timely delivery of primary commodities, such as food items. It suggests that farmers might seek enormous economic opportunities arising from improved infrastructure, output linkages, connectivity and access to global markets through the CPEC. Based on the findings, the study provides implications for policymakers to channelize the potential endeavors for facilitating the farmers’ access to new markets and getting the foremost advantage of Belt and Road Initiative. The study also extends the existing literature on agriculture entrepreneurship-opportunity recognition and access to new markets in a befitting manner.

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Section: Agriculture Entrepreneurship and Agrarian Performancementioning

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Linking Entrepreneurial Skills and Opportunity Recognition with Improved Food Distribution in the Context of the CPEC: A Case of Pakistan

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“…A WRS and other guarantee systems in Tanzania had a high impact on farmers' income generation and access to markets, and their preferences for savings [63]. The advanced information technology support and financial attractiveness of the WRS are two indispensable enablers for agricultural finance initiatives in China, and collaboration with other entities is necessary in adopting agricultural supply chain finance [64].…”

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Farmers’ Perceptions of the Warehouse Receipt System in Indonesia

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This study assessed farmers’ perceptions of the warehouse receipt system (WRS) in the West Java Province in Indonesia. Primary data were collected from 500 farmers through questionnaire administration. The results of the weighted average index revealed that there was a strong perception that the WRS is not well known, provides easy access to credit, and limited access for smallholder farmers. Moreover, there was a weak perception that the WRS has complicated regulations and slowed delivery of warehouse receipts. The main problems include lack of awareness, lack of facilities and limited access for smallholders. The implications for improving the implementation of the WRS are presented.

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“…With the increasing importance of sustainable development (SD) for firms to gain competitive advantage, more firms are adopting various mechanisms to achieve their SD [1]. Corporate sustainable management should not be limited to internal resource conservation and emission control but should be extended to the supply chain [2]. As a bridge connecting every link of production, the logistics industry plays an important strategic role in the global sustainable supply chain.…”

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“…Financing issues are regarded as an obstacle for SMEs in supply chains to engage in SD [14]. SMEs are often cash-constrained or have difficulty obtaining loans from banks [2], which impedes their ability to improve their sustainable performance, while low levels of SMEs' sustainability participation can seriously affect the efficiency and sustainability of the entire supply chain. As a result, to broaden the financing channels for SMEs, government agencies in China have issued policies to encourage FIs to carry out services to SMEs.…”

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Identifying and Predicting the Credit Risk of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Sustainable Supply Chain Finance: Evidence from China

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COVID-19 has created a strong demand for supply chain finance (SCF) for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). However, the rapid development of SCF leads to more complex credit risks. How to effectively discriminate and manage SMEs to reduce credit risk has become one of the most critical issues in SCF. In addition, sustainable SCF (SSCF) has received increasing attention, and credit risk management is important to achieve SSCF. Therefore, it is significant to identify the key factors influencing the credit risk of SMEs and construct a prediction model to promote SSCF. This study uses the lasso-logistic model to identify factors influencing the credit risk of SMEs and to predict the credit risk of SMEs. The empirical results show that (i) the key factors influencing SMEs’ credit risk include six variables—the matching degree of order data, ratio of contract enforcement, number of contract defaults, degree of business concentration, and number of administrative penalties; and (ii) the lasso-logistic model can identify the key factors influencing credit risk and have a better prediction performance. Moreover, transaction credit and reputation supervision significantly influence the credit risk of SMEs.

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Innovative Financial Approach for Agricultural Sustainability: A Case Study of Alibaba

Cited by 40 publications

References 72 publications

Linking Entrepreneurial Skills and Opportunity Recognition with Improved Food Distribution in the Context of the CPEC: A Case of Pakistan

Linking Entrepreneurial Skills and Opportunity Recognition with Improved Food Distribution in the Context of the CPEC: A Case of Pakistan

Farmers’ Perceptions of the Warehouse Receipt System in Indonesia

Identifying and Predicting the Credit Risk of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Sustainable Supply Chain Finance: Evidence from China

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