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INFLUENCE OF THE INTEGRATION OF AGROHOLDINGS WITH RUSSIAN FARMS ON TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY AND ITS SUBCOMPONENTS
Hahlbrock, Konstantin; Hockmann, Heinrich - Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften … - 2011
The impact of group affiliation to agroholdings on enterprise performance in terms of productivity and efficiency is … efficiency of agricultural enterprises in Russia. The underlying research question of this paper is therefore whether farms that … productivity (TFP) and technical efficiency scores for the two categories of independent farms and members of agroholdings. In this …
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Efficient Innovation in Dairy Production - Empirical Findings for Germany
Sauer, Johannes; Latacz-Lohmann, Uwe - Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften … - 2012
This empirical study aims to shed light on the dynamic linkages between innovation and efficiency at individual farm … distance function framework we estimate the changes in efficiency, technical change and productivity over the period considered … efficiency gains over time applying a multinomial logit approach. Our empirical findings reveal that investments in innovative …
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HOW CAN THE ENERGY USE IN SWISS AGRICULTURE BE ASSESSED IN ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL TERMS?
Mack, Gabriele; Ferjani, Ali; Kranzlein, Tim; Mann, Stefan - Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften … - 2007
Replaced with revised version of paper 12/05/07.
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Entry deterring effects of contractual relations in the dairy processing sector
Zavelberg, Yvonne; Wieck, Christine; Heckelei, Thomas - Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften … - 2013
Addressing the competitive imbalances in the dairy sector, the High Level Group of dairy market experts proposed written formal contracts between raw milk producers and processors to improve the bargaining position of producers and to stabilize milk supply. However, exclusive contracts, where a...
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The Strategic Use of Private Quality Standards in Food Supply Chains
von Schlippenbach, Vanessa; Teichmann, Isabel - Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften … - 2011
This paper highlights the strategic role retailers private quality standards play in food supply chains. Considering two symmetric downstream firms that are exclusively supplied by a finite number of upstream firms and letting the upstream firms decide which retailer to supply, we show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322832
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ÖKONOMISCHE BEWERTUNG VON LEBENSMITTELSKANDALEN: THEORETISCHE ÜBERLEGUNGEN UND ERSTE EMPIRISCHE BEFUNDE AM BEISPIEL DES DIOXIN-VORFALLS 2011
Belaya, Vera; Hansen, Heiko - Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften … - 2011
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A HAZARD ANALYSIS OF CONSUMERS’ SWITCHING BEHAVIOUR IN GERMAN FOOD RETAILING FOR DAIRY PRODUCTS
Olearius, Gotz; Roosen, Jutta; Drescher, Larissa S. - Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften … - 2011
German food retailing is characterized by fierce competition among retail chains for consumer shopping. This paper considers the switching behaviour using data of white dairy product purchases. The empirical investigation uses a survival analysis approach, in particular hazard analysis. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009326488
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EUROPEAN RAPESEED AND FOSSIL DIESEL: THRESHOLD COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS AND POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS
Ziegelback, Martin; Kastner, Gregor - Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften … - 2011
For European operators of biofuels plants there are not many hedge vehicles available to hedge operational margins. Cross hedges for rapeoil (with the rapeseed futures contract) and RME (with the NYMEX diesel futures contract) could be useful instruments. We use recent developments on threshold...
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WIRTSCHAFTLICHE ANALYSE UND RISIKOBEWERTUNG DER DIVERSIFIZIERUNG DER LANDWIRTSCHAFT IN KASACHSTAN
Tonkoshkur, Tetyana; Zeddies, Jurgen - Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften … - 2011
Mangelhafte Reformen in der Landwirtschaft Kasachstans am Anfang der Transformationsperiode sowie die Finanzkrise 1998 hatten stark negative Auswirkungen auf den Umfang und die Struktur der landwirtschaftlichen Produktion. Wegen der schwierigen finanziellen Lage Anfang bis Ende der 90-ger Jahre...
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RISK, TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY AND MARKET TRANSACTION COSTS IN DIFFERENT ORGANISATIONAL FORMS: EVIDENCE FROM THE OBLAST TATARSTAN
Hockmann, Heinrich; Gataulina, Ekaterina; Hahlbrock, … - Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften … - 2011
The paper investigates the significance of external and internal transaction costs and risk in agriculture in the Tatarstan Republic. The analysis is conducted for independent farms and farms which are members of agroholdings. The result indicates that external transaction costs are more marked...
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