Strategic management (STM) is recognized as an important element for firms’ success; however, small firms, especially in agribusiness, have widely been overlooked because it is often thought that a systematic STM is exclusively for large corporate firms. Firms engage in STM practices such as...

Die europäische Lebensmittelwirtschaft hat in den letzten 10 Jahren eine Reihe kleinerer und größerer Krisen durchgemacht, die das Qualitätsverständnis der Branche entscheidend verändert haben. Es wurden zahlreiche Food-Safety-Initiativen gestartet, die u. a. zu einer immer stärkeren...

The Chinese agri-food industry is evolving into an imperfectly competitive market in our observation. The issue deserves more attention from the policymakers since any negligible departure from the perfectly competitive market in agriculture would generate enormous extra profits for firms and...