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Considering their constant evolution and transformation, in this Special Issue, several authors provide contributions bringing light to different aspects related to food supply chains, based on several conceptual frameworks, agri-food areas and contexts, as well as multiple levels of analysis. In this book, the promotion of win–win investments in Brazil’s Agribusiness is discussed, as well as how family farmers can thrive in commodity markets in long agribusiness supply chains. The Logic of Collective Action for Rural Warehouse Condominiums, which is a new configuration in the agribusiness supply chain, is also addressed. In this book, the Brazilian Jabuticaba Supply Chain is analyzed through a multi-methodological approach. The role of logistics in food-waste reduction for wholesalers and small retailers of fruits and vegetables is also presented. The issue of transparency in global agribusiness in the Brazilian soybean supply chain is discussed based on companies’ accountability. Finally, the transformation of the food supply chain through technology and future research directions are highlighted in this Special Issue. This book aims to assist students, researchers and practitioners interested in the evolution and transformations of food supply chains.

food supply chains transformation --- stakeholder accountability --- business evolution --- corporate environmental management --- responses to environmental issues --- environmental --- social and governance values (ESG) --- food waste --- logistics --- retail --- wholesale --- supply chain management --- food supply transformation --- supply chain 4.0 --- food safety --- food quality --- food sustainability --- COVID-19 disruptions --- systematic review --- supply chain --- structuring problem --- family farming --- multimethodology --- collective action theory of logic --- collective actions --- rural warehouse condominiums --- rural development --- agri-food systems --- alternative models --- agriculture --- Brazil --- foreign direct investment (FDI) --- alternative food supply chain models --- conceptualizations of food supply chain transformations --- ongoing evolutions and transformations --- patents

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Considering their constant evolution and transformation, in this Special Issue, several authors provide contributions bringing light to different aspects related to food supply chains, based on several conceptual frameworks, agri-food areas and contexts, as well as multiple levels of analysis. In this book, the promotion of win–win investments in Brazil’s Agribusiness is discussed, as well as how family farmers can thrive in commodity markets in long agribusiness supply chains. The Logic of Collective Action for Rural Warehouse Condominiums, which is a new configuration in the agribusiness supply chain, is also addressed. In this book, the Brazilian Jabuticaba Supply Chain is analyzed through a multi-methodological approach. The role of logistics in food-waste reduction for wholesalers and small retailers of fruits and vegetables is also presented. The issue of transparency in global agribusiness in the Brazilian soybean supply chain is discussed based on companies’ accountability. Finally, the transformation of the food supply chain through technology and future research directions are highlighted in this Special Issue. This book aims to assist students, researchers and practitioners interested in the evolution and transformations of food supply chains.

Research & information: general --- food supply chains transformation --- stakeholder accountability --- business evolution --- corporate environmental management --- responses to environmental issues --- environmental --- social and governance values (ESG) --- food waste --- logistics --- retail --- wholesale --- supply chain management --- food supply transformation --- supply chain 4.0 --- food safety --- food quality --- food sustainability --- COVID-19 disruptions --- systematic review --- supply chain --- structuring problem --- family farming --- multimethodology --- collective action theory of logic --- collective actions --- rural warehouse condominiums --- rural development --- agri-food systems --- alternative models --- agriculture --- Brazil --- foreign direct investment (FDI) --- alternative food supply chain models --- conceptualizations of food supply chain transformations --- ongoing evolutions and transformations --- patents --- food supply chains transformation --- stakeholder accountability --- business evolution --- corporate environmental management --- responses to environmental issues --- environmental --- social and governance values (ESG) --- food waste --- logistics --- retail --- wholesale --- supply chain management --- food supply transformation --- supply chain 4.0 --- food safety --- food quality --- food sustainability --- COVID-19 disruptions --- systematic review --- supply chain --- structuring problem --- family farming --- multimethodology --- collective action theory of logic --- collective actions --- rural warehouse condominiums --- rural development --- agri-food systems --- alternative models --- agriculture --- Brazil --- foreign direct investment (FDI) --- alternative food supply chain models --- conceptualizations of food supply chain transformations --- ongoing evolutions and transformations --- patents

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This book contains the scientific contributions to the Special Issue entitled: "New Trends and Applications in Femtosecond Laser Micromachining". It covers an array of subjects, from the basics of femtosecond laser micromachining to specific applications in a broad spectra of fields such biology, photonics and medicine.

Research & information: general --- Physics --- Optical physics --- ultrafast laser microfabrication --- microfluidic --- glass bonding --- ultrashort laser pulses --- heat accumulation --- transparent materials --- quartz --- stealth dicing --- femtosecond --- fused silica --- double pulses --- selective chemical etching --- cell elasticity --- endothelial cells --- optical micromanipulation --- holographic optical tweezers --- two-photon polymerization --- image processing --- micromodels --- porous media --- 3D multi-depth channels --- laser machining --- femtosecond laser micromachining --- femtosecond laser material processing --- micro/nanotechnology fabrication --- atomic force microscope --- laser ablation diameter --- separation distance (SW) --- sub-micron bridges --- YBCO thin film --- photonic quantum chip --- femtosecond laser direct writing --- Hadamard gate --- CNOT gate --- path-encoded Bell state --- femtosecond laser --- fs-assisted cataract surgery --- laser-assisted ophthalmic surgery --- high pulse frequency --- low energy --- roughness analysis --- thermal annealing --- integrated optics --- glass micromachining --- 3D structuring --- n/a

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"In 2015, an anonymous source leaked the so-called Panama Papers, 11.5 million documents detailing financial and attorney-client information and connecting over 140 ultra-wealthy individuals across 50 countries to offshore companies in 21 tax havens. Journalists and scholars have attempted to chart these complex networks in the wake of various scandals but have learned very little. The focus on high-profile cases of egregious theft leaves a shroud of uncertainty over the mechanics behind the invisible, mundane networks of people who facilitate illicit activities by conducting transactions across multiple sovereigns. Playing in the Gray focuses on the constant and quiet movement of money through offshore shell corporations, the primary motor of global capital. Hoang takes a deep-dive into the emerging markets of Vietnam and Myanmar. Over the course of two years, she travelled more than 350,000 miles to conduct ethnographic observations and interviews with 300 individuals who facilitate the movement of capital around the world. Her research subjects include private wealth managers, fund managers, chairpeople, local entrepreneurs, high-level executives, lawyers, bankers, auditors, and company secretaries, each playing an essential role in circulating concealed capital through global markets. She draws on this data to develop a new framework for understanding what she calls spiderweb capitalism, which she defines as a system that features a complex web of subsidiaries that are interconnected across multiple sovereigns and are virtually impossible to quantify. She argues that legal and illegal activity are in fact deeply connected in this web and provides an account of how financial elites make markets in the new globalized economy"--

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