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Impact of Firm Characteristics on Expected and Actual Traceability Costs and Benefits in the Italian Fishery Supply Chain
Asioli, Daniele; Boecker, Andreas; Canavari, Maurizio - 2010
Since 2005, the implementation of a traceability system is mandatory to all European food chain operators. Thebalance … of costs to build and maintain the traceability system and benefits of traceability depends on the firm … and Menozzi (2005) mention that the cost of traceability is lower when firmsalready have a QMS in place. Moreover, US …
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Traceability and Demand Sensitiveness: Evidences from Italian Fresh Potatoes Consumption
Caracciolo, Francesco; Cembalo, Luigi - 2010
When a traceability system takes place, either when mandatory or voluntary, many questions arise that need to … paper was to simulate the effect on fresh Italian vegetables market of prices changedue to a newer traceability procedure … price elasticities as well as expenditure elasticities. Suchestimations are not strictly related with traceability because …
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Horizontal and Vertical Networks for Innovation in the Traditional Food Sector
Gellynck, Xavier; Kuhne, Bianka - 2010
traceability, though these networks often face difficulties due to high lack of trust. On the other hand, horizontal networks are …
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Sustainable Relations in International Development Cooperation Projects: The Role of Human Resource Management and Organizational Climate
Zanasi, Cesare; Rota, Cosimo - 2010
The importance of organizational issues to assess the success of international development project has not beenfully considered yet. An analysis of the literature on the project success definition, focused on the successcriteria and success factors, was carried out by surveying the contribution...
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Is there Need for more Transparency and Efficiency in Cause‐related Marketing
Langen, Nina; Grebitus, Carola; Hartmann, Monika - 2010
“Growing awareness among consumers about sustainability issues ‐ ranging from recycling to fair wages forworkers ‐ are starting to shape consumer buying patterns” (Partos 2009). Especially for conscious consumersethical and sustainable consumption are becoming mainstream.With regard to...
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The Overall Significance of Attributes and Attributes’ Levels on Fresh Fruit Choice
Groot, Etienne; Albisu, Luis Miguel - 2010
Fresh fruits are always recommended as ingredients in healthiest diets. However, there is a tendency forconsumers to move their consumption towards transformed fruits, which are integrated in many food products.Quite commonly fresh fruits are difficult to handle and store but they also do not...
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Food Chain Actors’ Perceptions of and Adaptations to Volatile Markets: Results of a Media Analysis
von Davier, Zazie; Heyder, Matthias; Theuvsen, Ludwig - 2010
The volatility of agricultural markets has increased remarkably in recent years. In spite of this, the way in whichsupply chain actors perceive market volatility has only rarely been analyzed. This paper seeks to close thisresearch gap by presenting empirical findings about how the volatility of...
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Trust in the US‐EU Fruit and Vegetable Chain: Do US Exporters Understand EU Importers?
Ameseder, Christoph; House, Lisa; Haas, Rainer; … - 2010
Research on organizational and inter‐organizational trust has become an important field in management andmarketing literature, as it is perceived as a pivotal aspect of business transactions. However, clarifications arestill needed on the issue of whom we trust; is the person whom we are...
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Modelling Pricing Behavior with Weak A‐Priori Information: Exploratory Approach
Russo, Carlo; Sabbatini, Massimo - 2010
In the absence of reliable a priori information, choosing the appropriate theoretical model to describe anindustry’s behavior is a critical issue for empirical studies about market power. A wrong choice may result inmodel misspecification and the conclusions of the empirical analysis may be...
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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 organization theory. The particular application to agro‐relatednetworks is a relevant example since agriculture plays new roles in modern society. The coreof the analysis is...
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