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Due to the nature of the food supply chain an important aspect in the context of increasing the efficiency of agri-food companies may be an increase of the integration's degree in the chain. Therefore, exploring the relationships among these variables was found as an important research area and...
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The paper deals with the conflict between the German Farmers’ Association (DBV) and the Federal Dairy Farmers Association (BDM) based on the two milk delivery strikes as culmination points in the so called dairy conflict. The analysis focusses on the main causes of the conflict and the...
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tion from agricultural sources. However, many other EU member states are creating the necessary conditions for rapid growth in this area. The German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), which sets payments over a long time period for electricity supplied from renewa-ble sources, often serves as a...
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theory of industrial organisation, the objective of the present discussion paper is to identify those economic conditions … are increasing input costs, low labour productivity, low domestic and foreign investment activities and excess capacities …
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In the centrally planned economy of the former Soviet Union, retail and wholesale trade were very much neglected. Since the beginning of transition the share of trade has increased considerably both in terms of its contribution to national product and employment. This paper analyses the...
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Over fifteen years have elapsed since the transition from the centrally planned economic system started in the early 1990âs. During this time agricultural and rural areas of Central and Eastern Europe have undergone profound structural changes with wide variations in the degree of...
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Economic reform in China helped transform the structure and volume of agricultural production and resulted in significant changes in efficiency and productivity. This paper measures agricultural technical efficiency (TE) and total factor productivity (TFP) in China by allowing producers...
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An die russische Agrarreform der 1990er Jahre knüpfte sich die Erwartung, dass entsprechend der Erfahrung in westlichen Staaten landwirtschaftliche Familienbetriebe (Fermer-Betriebe) an die Stelle der staatlichen GroÃbetriebe treten und einen Aufschwung in der russischen Landwirtschaft...
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outcome. HOBBS describes factors that impede investment and growth by drawing on transaction cost economics. Situations … investment decisions. This offers possibilities for opportunistic behaviour, i.e., when an agent behaves in a way that allows him … only in the particular market where the shock occurs but also in other, related markets, i.e., in different locations or at …
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on microeconomic theory and on concepts of New Empirical Industrial Organization (NEIO). The NEIO approach was applied in …
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