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Innovation Trajectories in Honduras’ Coffee Value Chain? ‐ Public and the Private Influence on the Use of new Knowledge and Technology among Coffee Growers ‐
Fromm, Ingrid; Hartwich, Frank; Romero, Gustavo - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2010
innovation behavior of coffee growers. Drawing from network data that depict the internal and outbound connectedness of producers … innovation. The influence of buyers, according to our data, is focused on certification and quality aspects, whereas development … the role of private actors in innovation among agricultural producers and, hence, design development programs in such a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853601
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Spot and Futures Prices of Agricultural Commodities: Fundamentals and Speculation
Baldi, Lucia; Peri, Massimo; Vandone, Daniela - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2011
This paper investigates the long-run relationship between spot and futures prices for corn and soybeans, for the period January 2004 -September 2010. We apply cointegration methodology in the presence of potentially unknown structural breaks in the commodities prices and we then study the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010914917
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Price Heterogeneity and Vine Homogeneity: An Ordered Logit Hedonic Price Estimation
Pomarici, Eugenio; Caracciolo, Francesco; Cembalo, Luigi - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2012
Consumers face complex choices when they buy wine: wine is a highly differentiated product sold at prices that vary over a wide range. This paper aims to provide monetary valuation of some relevant credence attributes of the wine, such as certifications and quality ratings made by expert...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880537
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Innovative Logistics Concepts in the Floriculture Sector
Vorst, Jack G.A.J. van der; Bloemhof, Jacqueline M.; de … - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2012
become an efficient florticultural hub-network, in which cut flowers, plants and other products are delivered to customers … discuss current floriculture sector developments in supply and demand and identify the main logistics bottlenecks and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010914608
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Vertical Integration within the Fresh Fruit Chain
Baldwin, Jean-Paul; Spreen, Thomas H. - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2012
cost to the consumer, logistics are coordinated by specialists within in that commodity, allowing for the best quality of … products, Wal-Mart is actively increasing its presence while also removing cost accruing players from the chain. With …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011069705
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Design and Implementation of Flower Export Consortium in Ceará State, Brazil
Silva Junior, Aziz Galvao da; Perez, Ronaldo; Amin, Daniel - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2011
and sale of agricultural inputs, the internal and external seedling market, roses, ornamental and vase flowers will be … competitiveness of the flower production chain in the state of Ceará and increase the current minor importance of Brazil in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011069845
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Sustainability Management in Agribusiness: Challenges, Concepts, Responsibilities and Performance
Friedrich, Nina; Heyder, Matthias; Theuvsen, Ludwig - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2012
mainly due to a widespread discontent with the industrialization of agricultural production and food processing and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880539
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Information Reference Models for European Pork Supply Networks
Lehmann, Richard J.; Fritz, Melanie; Schiefer, Gerhard - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2011
Several global developments such as diminishing production resources, limits in the availability of water and the growing demand for bio-energy as well as sector-wide crises (e.g. BSE, swine fever, dioxin) have led to a changing attitude of society towards the conse-quences of the food...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880611
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Price Setting in Food SMEs: Which Role for Marketing Capability? An Empirical Analysis in Italy
Banterle, Alessandro; Carraresi, Laura; Cavaliere, Alessia - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2011
other hand, market opportunities for SMEs are related to demand evolution toward food quality and traditional food products …. To profit by such opportunities, SMEs need to focus on consumer requirements, by differentiating their products. In this … sample was composed by 130 Italian firms producing traditional food products. An ordinal regression model explained the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010914913
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Contributing to the Analysis of the Sustainability Management in the Organization of the Green Procurement: Theoretical Elements and Empirical Evidence from a Case Study
Pampanini, Rossella; Martino, Gaetano - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2011
The introduction of the environmental dimensions within the Public Administration procurements and contracts is increasingly held as contribution to the sustainability of the chains governance. The so called Green Procurement (COM (2001) 274, l.n.488/1999) thus represents an important...
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