Observers of the first ten years of Bhutan's constitutional experience too often fall into the trap of comparing it to its 21st century contemporaries, many of which have decades' more experience in constitutional order. The author instead compares the first ten years of Bhutan's constitutional...

Die Veränderung der Konsumpräferenzen und Einkaufsgewohnheiten sowie zunehmendeinternationale Konkurrenz haben in den letzten Jahren einen Strukturwandel im Weinbau zurFolge gehabt, der gerade für kleine Weinbaubetriebe spürbar wurde. Die Weinkunden tendierenzum Kauf von anspruchsvollen...

Im Rahmen der vorliegenden Arbeit, die sich in die Tradition wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Grundlagenforschung einreiht, wird die langjährige Forschung zu vertikalen Integrationsentscheidungen betrachtet. Diese Forschung bezieht sich im Kern auf die Frage, warum Unternehmen bestimmte...

This report compiles the results of several studies focused on the markets for processed apple products. These studies were conducted as part of a multidisciplinary project examining the processing apple industry in the Northeastern United States. The purpose of the studies was to explore the...

This paper applies the concept of damage coefficients introduced in Houba and Kremers (2008) to provide an estimate of the cost of climate change - in particular the cost of changes in mean regional temperature and precipitation - to the fruit vegetation sector. We concentrate on the production...

Apple processors are an important link in the marketing chain from apple growers to consumers, and their perspective is critical in understanding the industry's situation and projecting the industry's future. This paper reports the results of a survey of Northeastern U.S. apple processors. The...