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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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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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A Multi-Criteria Approach to Assessing PDOs/PGIs: An Italian Pilot Study
Galli, Francesca; Carbone, Anna; Caswell, Julie A.; … - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 3
The paper contribute to the assessment of PDO/PGI schemes by building an approach to measuring the actual performance of the PDO/PGI products in relation to the objectives of the European Regulation 510/2006. This is done through a multi-criteria ex-post analysis that compares the performance of...
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Sustainability in the Food Sector: A Consumer Behaviour Perspective
Grunert, Klaus G. - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 3
Consumers have, through their food choices, a major role in bringing about more sustainable food production. However, this presupposes that differences in sustainability are communicated to consumers. Even if food products are eco-labelled and consumers are motivated to support sustainability, a...
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Responsibility and Sustainability in a Food Chain: A Priority Matrix Analysis
Caracciolo, Francesco; Gorgitano, Maria Teresa; … - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 3
This paper shows the results of empirical research conducted to assess the sustainability of a typical food supply chain, suggesting feasible solutions to satisfy inter-dimensional requisites of durable development. The analysis was conducted with reference to the supply chain of the San Marzano...
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Exploring the Relations, Bargaining Forms and Dynamics of the EU Food Supply Chain under the Perspective of the Key Actors: Evidence from Greece and Denmark
Galanopoulos, Konstantinos; Karantininis, Konstantinos; … - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 3
The objective of this paper is to offer qualitative and quantitative insights on the perceptions of the actors in the EU food supply chain on a broad spectrum of topics that characterise its operation and conduct, highlighting also potential differences in North and South European countries....
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Communicating Ethical Arguments to Organic Consumers: A Study Across Five European Countries
Naspetti, Simona; Zanoli, Raffaele - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 3
Additional ethical claims were tested with mock organic egg labels in five EU countries. The attitudes towards the advertising labels were assessed by multiple copy testing measures. A total of 156 individual responses were analysed. The study confirms the difficulty of conducting advertising...
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Internationalization and Firm Performance in Agribusiness: Empirical Evidence from European Cooperatives
Heyder, Matthias; Makus, Christian; Theuvsen, Ludwig - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 1
The ongoing internationalization of markets has become a major issue also for companies of the agribusiness …. Nevertheless, neither the degree of internationalization of agribusiness firms nor the internationalization …-performance relationship in the agribusiness sector have been analyzed thoroughly so far. To help fill this void, we use panel data compiled …
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Relationship Quality and Innovation Capacity of Chains: The Case of the Traditional Food Sector in the EU
Gellynck, Xavier; Kuhne, Bianka; Weaver, Robert D. - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 1
The purpose of the paper is to explore how the perceived relationship quality is related to the innovation capacity in chains of the traditional food sector. Based on suggestions from theory and previous studies, empirical evidence is drawn from a survey of 90 traditional food chains including...
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