Cote d'Ivoire has been at the helm of cocoa production for more than 3 decades. Despite being fraught by occasional challenges, she is still poised to steer the global cocoa production rudder. To keep the mantle of, we investigate and analyse some determinants that influence cocoa shortage in...

Cote d’Ivoire has been at the helm of cocoa production for more than 3 decades. Despite being fraught by occasional challenges, she is still poised to steer the global cocoa production rudder. To keep the mantle of, we investigate and analyse some determinants that influence cocoa shortage in...

We investigate the interaction between the retailer’s target-based preference and supplier encroachment. The retailer might be risk-neutral (expects maximum profit) or target-oriented (maximizes his potential to achieve the target profit), and the sup- plier can be encroachment or...

This paper examines how Chinese RMB appreciation affects China and its competitor¡¯s exports to the third market at industry level. We develop a two-country competition model to analyze the trade destruction effect and trade diversion effect of RMB appreciation. The theoretical analysis shows...