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Price versus Non-price Incentives for Participation in Quality Labeling: The Case of the German Fruit Juice Industry
Bleich, Simon; Herrmann, Roland - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 04 (2013) 1
Quality assurance and labeling play an important and increasing role in firms’ marketing strategies. In almost all cases, a price incentive has been stressed as the major incentive for firms to participate in such schemes. We argue here that important non-price incentives for participation in...
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Price Versus Non-price Incentives for Participation in Quality Labeling: The Case of the German Fruit Juice Industry
Herrmann, Roland; Bleich, Simon - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2013
Quality assurance and labeling play an important and increasing role in firms’ marketing strategies. In almost all cases, a price incentive has been stressed as the major incentive for firms to participate in such schemes. We argue here that important non-price incentives for participation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011078220
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L'irrigation dans la communaute Andine: a une construction sociale.
Boelens, Rutgerd; Appollin, Frederic - International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
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CAP subsidies and productivity of the EU farms
Rizov, Marian; Pokrivcak, Jan; Ciaian, Pavel - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
The paper investigates the impact of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) subsidies on farm total factor productivity (TFP) in the European Union (EU). We employ a structural semi-parametric estimation algorithm directly incorporating the effect of subsidies into a model of unobserved...
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Investment and Change in the Coconut Industry of North Sulawesi: An Equilibrium Displacement Analysis
Henderson, Benjamin B.; Henry, Lynn A.; MacAulay, T. Gordon - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006
The coconut industry of North Sulawesi is dominated by a small number of products which are primarily exported from the province. Accordingly, demand for these products is generally very elastic. Conversely, the supply of coconuts is highly inelastic, especially in the short to medium-term....
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Donor Aid Cuts, Kenya Elections Affect Uganda Business Climate
Joseph, Mawejje - Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) - 2012
In the October – December quarter of 2012, the business climate index declined to 4.5 points having recorded a score of 8 points in the previous (July – September) quarter. The deterioration of business environment perceptions emanated from elevated risks arising from the budget support...
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Investment in Cellulosic Biofuel Refineries: Does the Waivable Mandate Matter?
Miao, Ruiqing; Babcock, Bruce A.; Hennessy, David A. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) aims to support investment in cellulosic biofuel refineries by mandating a floor on the … conceptual model to study the impact of RINs on stimulating investment in cellulosic biofuel refineries under a waivable mandate …. In a two-period framework, we compare the first-period investment level in three scenarios: (1) laissez-faire, (2) non …
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A Comparative Analysis of Strategic Management Practices in Michigan Agribusiness Firms: 1992 vs. 2012
Lopes, Miguel Vieira - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012
Over the past 20 years the agribusiness industry has been subject to a number of transformations and shocks that have altered its business environment and management practices. This thesis sets out to try to understand how the Michigan industry has changed in this period, and to understand if...
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Does Strategic Group Membership Affect Firm Performance? An Analysis of the German Brewing Industry
Theuvsen, Ludwig; Heyder, Matthias; Niederhut-Bollmann, … - In: Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development 59 (2010) 2
The concept of strategic groups has been successfully applied for analyzing firm strategies, structures and performance in various industries. Based on a largescale empirical study, this paper identifies strategic groups in the German brewing industry and analyzes the effects of group membership...
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