Despite the reunification of Germany more than 15 years ago, substantial differences remain between the regions that once comprised the market-driven West and the socialist, centrally planned East. Although today’s Eastern German economy is less competitive than the Western German economy,...

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...

In der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft haben Fragen der Qualität und Sicherheit in den vergangenen Jahren erheblich an Bedeutung gewonnen. Ursächlich dafür sind u.a. verschiedene Lebensmittelkrisen. Es wurden daher erhebliche Anstrengungen unternommen, die Qualität und gesundheitliche...