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Requirements, Barriers and Advantages for the Adoption of E-commerce in the Spanish Agri-Food Sector

Briz, Julian; Fernandez, M. Cristina - International European Forum on System Dynamics and … - 2009

qualitative study was carried out in order to find out evidences and opinions about the performance of e-commerce in the …

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Sustainable Development and Food Chain Dynamics: A Question of the Ultimate Measure of Sustainability

Zokaei, Keivan - International European Forum on System Dynamics and … - 2009

This paper looks at the socio-environmental sustainability of agri-food systems and addresses the key issue of measuring ‘sustainability’. The paper begins by providing an overview of the environmental impacts of the global agri-food systems especially focusing on the UK. The author...

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Business Dynamics with Scenario's on Dutch Agriculture and its Institutional Arrangements

Poppe, Krijn J. - International European Forum on System Dynamics and … - 2009

agriculture and agribusiness, the promotion of interests in the lobby system and the knowledge system. Each has its own dynamics …

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Knowledge Management in the Food Supply Chain

Rodriguez Monroy, Carlos; Fuentes-Pila, Joaquin; … - International European Forum on System Dynamics and … - 2009

The object of the present article is to discuss Knowledge Management (KM) in the Agrifood Supply Chain (ASC). In the 21st century, the ASC is under strong tensions. This is evident in the drastic changes in the global scene. For example, in the year 2008, food prices were high and unstable. In...

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Discourses of Implementing Information Systems in Corporate Merger: A Case Study from the Food Exporting Industry

Alm, Kristian; Engelseth, Per; Karlsen, Anniken - International European Forum on System Dynamics and … - 2009

In 2007 five different industrial food producers merged to become one single firm. This paper places focus on the challenge these actors had in deciding on, implementing, and using an information system to support mainly their raw material purchasing and finished product sales function. Studies...

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Collaborative Working Environments in Food Supply Networks

Pankiewicz, Maciek; Schiefer, Gerhard; Fritz, Melanie - International European Forum on System Dynamics and … - 2009

This paper will discuss the ongoing research in area of conceptualization, design of collaborative working environments and its adoption for food supply networks. There will be a group needs approach for designing such environments presented. Tracking and tracing, agreements on quality policy,...

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How to Improve Risk Perception Evaluation in Food Safety: A Psychometric Approach

Cembalo, Luigi; Cicia, Gianni; Verneau, Fabio - International European Forum on System Dynamics and … - 2009

Food consumers often query or ignore the risk assessments of scientists, the food industry and public bodies. This is widely acknowledged. It has been suggested that this ‘expert-lay discrepancy’ is a relatively straightforward upshot of the fact that lay people lack the knowledge and...

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Information Modelling for Quality and Sustainability

Lehmann, Richard J.; Reiche, Robert; Fritz, Melanie; … - International European Forum on System Dynamics and … - 2009

The food sector is confronted with a growing number of public and private requirements, which call for provision of information about the quality and sustainability of food, such as, e.g., its origin, safety and production conditions. This forces enterprises to innovate towards demand driven and...

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Costs of Producing Energy in Dutch Dairy Chains

Gebrezgabher, Solomie A.; Meuwissen, Miranda P.M.; Oude … - International European Forum on System Dynamics and … - 2009

performance of 4 types of business models, i.e. “CHP-farm”, “CHP-large”, “green gas” and “central upgrading”. Data stem among …

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Supply Chain and Network Performance: Metrics for Profitability, Productivity, and Efficiency

Weaver, Robert D. - International European Forum on System Dynamics and … - 2009

with members in a way that retains their participation. Each of these conditions can be verified only if performance of the … collaboration can be established. This paper recognizes the need for such “metrics of performance”. While conceptual approaches have … measures of the performance of the overall collaboration as well as of the participating enterprises. The paper presents a …

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