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Influence of Brand Equity on Milk Choice: A Choice Experiment Survey

Taglioni, Chiara; Cavicchi, Alessio; Torquati, Biancamaria - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 3

the local economy. Our study estimates the preference weights that local consumers assign to some milk attributes … including local origin and the influence on choice of a local brand of milk, which is traded by a local cooperative of producers … in Umbria (Italy). Several preference segments are found amongst fresh and UHT milk buyers by employing a Latent Class …

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Moving towards Sustainability in Food Chains: Dealing with Costs and Benefits

Schiefer, Gerhard; Deiters, Jivka - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 06 (2015) 1

Sustainability concerns are receiving increasingly attention by society and in turn, the food sector and consumers as the food sector’s final customers. Investments towards improvements in sustainability along the chain are usually not evenly distributed along the chain which affects the...

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Can Differentiated Production Planning and Control enable both Responsiveness and Efficiency in Food Production?

Romsdal, Anita; Strandhagen, Jan Ola; Dreyer, Heidi Carin - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 05 (2014) 1

This paper addresses the complex production planning and control (PPC) challenges in food supply chains. The study illustrates how food producers' traditional make‐to‐stock (MTS) approach is not well suited to meet the trends of increasing product variety, higher demand uncertainty,...

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The Influence of Clusters on the Competitiveness of Hog Production: The Example of Northwestern Germany

Deimel, Mark; Arens, Ludwig; Theuvsen, Ludwig - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 2

In recent decades the northwestern part of Germany (Weser-Ems region) has come to focus on intensive pork production. This has led to public outrage about the disposal of biological waste, farmers’ complaints about the high cost of leasing land, soaring risks of animal diseases, and the...

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Towards a Diagnostic Instrument to Identify Improvement Opportunities for Quality Controlled Logistics in Agrifood Supply Chain Networks

Vorst, Jack G.A.J. van der; van Kooten, Olaf; … - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 1

Western-European consumers have become not only more demanding on product availability in retail outlets but also on other food attributes such as quality, integrity, and safety. When (re)designing food supply-chain networks, from a logistics point of view, one has to consider these demands next...

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The Role of Network Administrative Organizations in the Development of Social Capital in Inter-Organizational Food Networks

Lefebvre, Virginie M.; Molnar, Adrienn; Gellynck, Xavier - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 03 (2012) 3

This paper is concerned with the role of network administrative organizations (NAOs) in the development of social capital in inter-organizational networks aiming at supporting their members to innovate in the food sector through interacting with one another. A multi-case study approach is used...

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A Study of Small Business Owners’ Personal Characteristics and the Use of Marketing Information in the Food and Drink Industry: A Resource-Based Perspective

Cacciolatti, Luca; Wan, Tingting - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 03 (2012) 2

Market orientation (MO) – which is the propensity of a firm to collect and utilise information from the market – is an important leverage of competitive advantage. This paper helps to better understand why some owner-managers engage with market intelligence why others simply do not. The...

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Building Viable and Sustainable Regional Netchains: Case Studies of Regional Pork Netchains in Spain, Germany, and The Netherlands

Nijhoff-Savvaki, Rannia; Trienekens, Jacques H.; Omta, … - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 03 (2012) 1

The present paper aims to give insight into critical issues contributing to the successful building of viable and sustainable regional netchains, focussing on chain governance mechanisms (coordination mechanisms, quality management systems, information systems) and social embedding. It uses...

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Coordinating Clusters: A Cross Sectoral Study of Cluster Organization Functions in The Netherlands

Garbade, Philipp J.P.; Fortuin, Frances T.J.M.; Omta, S.W.F. - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 03 (2012) 3

The present paper aims at answering the question how cluster organization functions are implemented in a high-tech, a medium to high-tech and a low to medium-tech cluster. Data were collected by semi-structured interviews from three clusters in the Netherlands, an agri-food cluster (as an...

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Organizational Innovation and Institutional Change: The Case of Valio in Finland

Lamprinakis, Lampros - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 03 (2012) 2

Firms in the agri-food industry are embedded in a system of institutions, regulations and policies that shape their economic environment and affect their conduct and performance. Changes in this system can propose new challenges for the firms that need to adequately and efficiently change and...

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