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Risk Analysis in Selected European and International Food Chains

Ameseder, Christoph; Haas, Rainer; Fritz, Melanie; … - 2009

Brazil, Turkey, and the USA. The study focuses ona wider supply chain or network perspective for the risk assessment …. Methodically the assessedrisks were classified and then evaluated using a risk map matrix. Results point out nonacceptablerisks and … show the differences concerning the risk evaluation in the different valuechains. Results provide interesting supply chain …

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Risk Analysis in Selected European and International Food Chains

Ameseder, Christoph; Haas, Rainer; Fritz, Melanie; … - International European Forum on System Dynamics and … - 2009

well as in Brazil, Turkey, and the USA. The study focuses on a wider supply chain or network perspective for the risk … assessment. Methodically the assessed risks were classified and then evaluated using a risk map matrix. Results point out … nonacceptable risks and show the differences concerning the risk evaluation in the different value chains. Results provide …

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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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The Financial Value of Champagne Houses in a Cobweb Economy

Declerck, Francis; Cloutier, L. Martin - 2008

The objective of the paper is to simulate the corporate value of Champagne makers by takinginto account the Champagne market evolution. These measurements are conducted by linkingfinancial debt, performance and valuation to a vertical coordination model of production-consumptionwithin a cobweb...

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Innovation in Traditional Food Networks

Gellynck, Xavier; Kuhne, Bianka - 2008

In an increasingly globalising market, innovation is an important strategic tool for micro, small,and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to achieve competitive advantage (Avermaete et al.,2004a; Gellynck et al., 2007; Murphy, 2002). Innovation can be defined as an ongoing processof learning, searching and...

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Information-Sharing and Strategy by Food Industry Firms

Baker, Derek; Hjorth Lind, Kim Martin; Hansen, Henning Otte - 2008

This study investigates the strategic behaviour of food industry firms. Its two goals are to:(i) characterise strategies being employed; and(ii) identify distinct approaches to information-sharingData from an interview-format survey of Danish food industry firms are used to characterisestrategy at...

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Legitimating Business Activities Using Corporate Social Responsibility: Is there a Need for CSR in Agribusiness?

Heyder, Matthias; Theuvsen, Ludwig - 2008

result, enterprises in the agribusiness sector are increasingly exposed to the public eye (Jansen/Vellema: 2004). The … affected by, the achievement of the organization’sobjectives” - is of growing criticism and risk-consciousness and manifests … technologies (e.g. bioenergy) in the agribusiness.In the long term the success of enterprises in the agribusiness can be affected …

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Brand-Based Competition in the Agri-Food Sector: Evidences from Italian SMEs

DelVecchio, Pasquale; Ndou, Valentina; Sadguy, Nezha - 2008

In a scenario characterized by the globalization of the markets, the competitiveness of firmsacross the industries and mainly in the agri-food sector is linked to their capability to make distinguishabletheir products and communicate their uniqueness. Branding can concretely answerto these needs...

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Electronic Collaboration Platforms for Communities

Pankiewicz, Maciek; Fritz, Melanie; Schiefer, Gerhard - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

One of the critical success factors for the future development of the agri-food sector is the increased integration of enterprises and other stakeholders in horizontal and vertical ‘communities’. Tracking and tracing, agreements on quality policy, improvements in logistics, dissemination of...

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Costs and Benefits of Quality Systems: Case Study

Krieger, Stephanie; Schiefer, Gerhard - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

The variety of quality systems is a very important and an actual theme in the agri-food sector. These quality systems are only partly acknowledged by different quality standard organizations, but customers within the supply chain demand them. Enterprises, which supply different customers and...

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