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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
growing public pressure on agribusiness firms to implement more sustainable management practices. In this paper we present the … results of an explorative empirical study of sustainability management in German agribusiness firms. The study shows that … agribusiness firms have developed a broad understanding of sustainability management and perceive a multi-facetted spectrum of …
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
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are fighting for survival due to globalization, growing competition with big retailers, and strategies adopted by large industrial companies. Difficulties in pricing are also revealed in the literature. Therefore, appropriate activity is needed to be...
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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Risk, Information and Trust in the Food Chain: Factors Explaining Consumer Willingness to Pay
Latvala, Terhi - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2010
The safety of food in the food chain has become an increasingly interesting issue to consumers and the media. It has also become a source of concern, as the amount of information on the risks related to food safety continues to expand. The purpose of this study was to identify factors...
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Estimating the Carbon Footprint of Florida Orange Juice
Spreen, Thomas H.; Dwivedi, Puneet; Goodrich-Schneider, … - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2010
This study is a part of a comprehensive study which attempts to create a baseline of global warming impact (expressed in total greenhouse gas emission and measured in terms of carbon equivalent) associated with the production and consumption of a gallon of orange juice available in the form of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853571
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Sustainability Dilemmas and their Solution Strategies by Committed Food Businesses
Mikkola, Minna; Risku-Norja, Helmi; Post, Anna - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2010
Food businesses feel the call for sustainable development (SD). This paper about the Finnish and Swedish food system actors about their understanding of and activities towards sustainability shows that there is commitment for solving aspects of sustainability and different strategies to do this....
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Trust in the US‐EU Fruit and Vegetable Chain: Do US Exporters Understand EU Importers?
Ameseder, Christoph; House, Lisa; Haas, Rainer; … - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2010
Research on organizational and inter‐organizational trust has become an important field in management and marketing literature, as it is perceived as a pivotal aspect of business transactions. However, clarifications are still needed on the issue of whom we trust; is the person whom we are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853573
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Private Labels: A Sign of Changing Times
Haas, Rainer; Weaver, Robert D. - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2010
A widely held view is that a dramatic shift is well underway in the structure of food system. First noticed at the farm level, contracting between retailers and fruit and vegetable growers for specific quality attributes signaled a shift from commodity style markets to relational transactions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853575
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WTP for Traceable Meat Attributes: A Meta‐analysis
Cicia, Gianni; Colantuoni, Francesca - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2010
Several researches evaluated consumers’ Willingness To Pay (WTP) for each meat traceable attribute, generating a lot of information in this regard, although related to the conditions of each study. In light of this, WTP estimates for traceability characteristics largely differ across the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853576