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Nutritional & Health Claimed Products Market Development in Serbia: Exploration of Findings Obtained from In Depth Interviews
Stojanovic, Zaklina; Ognjanov, Galjina; … - 2010
The main objective of this paper is to present the most relevant findings obtained from in depthinterviews with processors and retailers about the N&H claimed products market in Serbia. Inour research we addressed the following set of topics: motivations and barriers to offer N&Hclaimed products...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442763
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International Commodity Organizations and Governance of Global Value Chains
Burger, Kees; Daviron, Benoit; Flores, Vanessa - 2009
International commodity Organizations can play a role in reducing transaction costs between producer and consumer. The current organisations do this partly through statistics and collecting and disseminating market information, undertaking projects and convening meetings. Of a traditional focus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444837
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Pourquoi et comment l’instabilité est-elle une caractéristique structurelle des marchés agricoles?
Boussard, Jean-Marc - 2007
Agricultural price volatility is "bad". But where does it come from? Remedies are completely different for "endogenous" or "exogenous" fluctuations. The recent crisis seems to indicate that exogenous remedies have been applied to endogenous fluctuations.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445748
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Continuous improvement tools and support mechanisms in Australia manufacturing
Mellor, Robert; Hyland, Paul W.; Karayan, John - University of Western Sydney - 2001
The level of development of continuous improvement (CI) across all aspects of a firm?s operations provides a … examines the responses of firms using CI, taking into account the stage of development that the firm had reached in their … firms were in the early stages of development of CI, using it primarily in the manufacturing function at the operational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482200
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Listed property trusts and downside systematic risk sensitivity
Lee, Chyi Lin; Robinson, Jon; Reed, Richard - 2008
Purpose : This paper aims to identify and examine the determinants of downside systematic risk in Australian listed property trusts (LPTs). Design/methodology/approach : Capital asset pricing model (CAPM) and lower partial moment-CAPM (LPM-CAPM) are employed to compute both systematic risk and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009484103
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Value Chains and Chains of Values: Tracing Tanzanian Tea
Loconto, A. - 2010
The objective of this paper is to examine value chain governance through case studies of four different certified value … chains, and 3) what does this mix of actors and values contribute to our understanding of value chain governance. Between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442734
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From Contracts to Networks: New Directions in the Study of Governance of Agro‐Food‐Energy Networks
Zylbersztajn, Decio - 2010
The debate about the governance of complex systems of production represents a rich branchof the literature of applied …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443766
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Combining cluster and value chain approaches to analyze the competitiveness of fresh vegetables producers: case studies in Germany, Italy and Spain
Riedel, Bettina; Bokelmann, Wolfgang; Canavari, Maurizio - 2009
European producers of fresh vegetables are under pressure to improve their performance in order toincrease competitiveness. Innovative products and processes and competitive advantage can be gained by the creationand use of unique resources as an outcome of cooperation between producers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445968