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VOLUNTARY CERTIFICATION SCHEMES AND LEGAL MINIMUM STANDARDS
Herzfeld, Thomas; Jongeneel, Roelof A. - Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften … - 2011
EU farmers face increasing requests to comply with legal as well as private agribusiness and retail standards. Both requests potentially raise farmer’s administrative burden. This paper discusses the potential synergies between cross-compliance and third-party certification schemes. In...
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The Impact of Integration Strategies on Food Business Firm Value
Dorsey, Sarah; Boland, Michael A. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 41 (2009) 03
The objective of this study is to analyze whether a discount or premium exists for coordination strategies in food processing, wholesale grocery, retail supermarkets, and restaurants. Significant premiums are found for food processor and restaurant vertical integration or diversification...
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Agency Theory Issues in the Food Processing Industry
Boland, Michael A.; Golden, Bill B.; Tsoodle, Leah J. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 40 (2008) 02
The objective is to identify significant determinants of performance for food processing firms over the 1992 to 2003 time period, focusing particularly on the issue of family control. Variables measuring firm effects such as asset size, governance, income distribution, and risk are used to...
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Direitos de Propriedade da Terra Rural no Brasil: uma proposta institucionalista para ampliar a governança fundiária
Guedes, Sebastião Neto Ribeiro; Reydon, Bastiaan Philip - In: Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (RESR) 50 (2012) 3
This paper discusses, based on an institutional perspective, the fragility pro­ blem regarding rural land property rights in Brazil. It starts by analyzing historical determinants of the land governance institutional setting, mainly the land registration and land cadastre systems. It shows...
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Survey of Recent Innovations in Aromatic Rice
Napasintuwong, Orachos - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2012
This paper provides situations of aromatic rice demand, and international standards. The history and recent developments of traditional and evolved aromatic rice varieties, namely Basmati rice and Jasmine rice, are reviewed. The emerging aromatic rice innovations from developed countries such as...
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Multi-Factor Optimization and Factor Interactions during Product Innovation
Hron, Jan; Macak, Tomas - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2012
In this paper, we develop core of an expert system for planning of innovation. The practical outcome of the paper is … based on rules determination for search of perspective innovation and its distinguish from commercially unperceptive … innovation. The second practical outcome of the paper is a research of interactions between factors during optimization of the …
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Problems in the Innovation of Tobacco Production Organization Mode in Sichuan Province and Recommendations
Lu, Li-ming; Lei, Qiang; Hu, Jian-xin; Gu, Huiz-han; … - In: Asian Agricultural Research 04 (2012) 11
process of innovation of production organization mode, some problems are pointed out, such as lack of management talents and … recommendations for advancing the innovation of tobacco production organization mode in Sichuan Province: forming the long …-term mechanism for supporting the innovation of production organization forms; standardizing the operation of the specialized …
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Study on the Agricultural Biotechnology Innovation Based on the Product Differentiation
WU, Gang; DU, Yong - In: Asian Agricultural Research 06 (2014) 05
Based on product differentiation, this paper researches the innovation of agricultural biotechnology. In the duopoly … structure, the company's investment in innovation is affected by the product differentiation, and the greater the difference … will choose a higher level of investment in innovation and quality. If there is no difference between the products, the …
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Educational Reform in Management Courses of Agricultural and Forestry Higher Vocational Schools from the Perspective of Microblog
JIN, Liuhe - In: Asian Agricultural Research 06 (2014) 04
information dissemination, and innovation of interaction, the microblog has become a socialized interaction mode in recent years …
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Research on Structure Innovation of Agricultural Organization in China's Southwestern Mountainous Regions
Du, Qiang; Luo, Min; Wang, Ping - In: Asian Agricultural Research 04 (2012) 02
theoretical knowledge on economics and organization science, we probe into the process of innovation and mechanism of action … we draw several general conclusions regarding structure innovation of agricultural organization in China's southwestern … mountainous regions as follows: first, the structure innovation of agricultural organization, a gradual process, proceeds …
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