We offer an integrative introduction, analysis, and commentary for the new agribusiness models (mainly for crop production) in Taiwan, an important economy in Asia. Taiwan’s economy has been relying heavily on agriculture-based business, even against the fact that its high-technology industries occupy major media explosion opportunities. We start with the introductory discussions of Taiwan’s agricultural backgrounds and development. Then we review and analyze the developing agribusiness models at macro and micro levels. Based on those analyses, we propose promising directions for future studies and agribusiness practices.

How does service-based education influence societal sustainability? Beyond product innovation, service innovation has been emerging as a paradigmatic issue for research. Human resource quality is one vital factor for service innovation. Service human capital development (i.e., education), however, has been relatively neglected in research on sustainability. This conceptual article discusses the chain of relationships between service learning and service climate, service innovation, and societal sustainability. In contrary to the widely spread concept of gaining competitive advantages through individual (organizational) service innovation, we emphasize the collaborative advantage that all individuals can construct together by service innovation to achieve sustainability. To achieve such a goal, the education for service human resources by service learning becomes a foundation. With these propositions, this paper contributes by offering possible future research issues, and by stimulating practice and policy discussions.

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A novel dual-band multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna system with diversity polarisation and high port isolation is proposed. The antenna system consists of six antennas (three antennas operate at 2.44 GHz and the others at 5.25 GHz) mounted on a hexagon ground plane and backed by a centrally located hexahedron. The antennas for different bands are arranged in an alternative fashion along the peripheral of the hexagonal ground. From simulation and experimental results, the proposed MIMO system has been shown to perform superbly at both the 2.44 and 5.25 GHz bands, with significant and consistent improvements in sidelobe levels and envelope correlation coefficients at the lower band due to the presence of the hexahedron.Introduction: Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology has been widely adopted to increase data throughput without employing an extra spectrum. In fact, many 802.11n [1] wireless products, which utilise the MIMO antenna system, are readily available in the marketplace. Numerous research papers on MIMO antennas embedded in mobile devices, i.e. the client end, have been reported [2,3]. The designs usually focus on decoupling techniques because of a limited system circuit-board space designated for the antennas. Meanwhile, only a few studies have been published [4,5] for access-point (AP) applications, i. e. the server end. In this Letter, we present a concurrent MIMO antenna design, consisting of six antennas for AP applications. Three of them operate at 2.44 GHz, and the other three at 5.25 GHz. They were alternatively co-located along the peripheral of a hexagon ground plane, backed by a hexahedral metal structure for in-band isolation improvement. The Letter shows the performance improvement due to the hexahedron.