[...]Jeder Handelsbetrieb muss sich gegenüber seinen Mitbewerbern und Abnehmern abgrenzenund positionieren. Dies gilt in besonderer Weise für die Unternehmen desViehhandels, der durch das Nebeneinander von privatem und genossenschaftlichemViehhandel geprägt ist. Die Positionierung von VVO im...

An importexceeds a "normal" level. This paper identifies various internal and external factors that can contribute to the emergence of agricultural import surges in developing countries and discusses their relevance. External factors play a rather minor role. Internal policies, whether carried...

Die Region südlich der Sahara steht wie keine andere im Zentrum der internationalenentwicklungspolitischen Aufmerksamkeit, so dass Afrika in jüngerer Zeit garals ‚hopeless continent’ bezeichnet wird (ECONOMIST, MAI 2000). Dies ist Ausdruckeines wachsenden Entwicklungspessimismus, der sich...

This paper concentrates on the discussion of potential improvements ofbusiness processes by shared use of the information portals.

This paper deals with the conception of a high quality Internet-based support system, which supplies actors in dynamic supply networks and chains with individualized information about their competitive and market environment. editors EconBiz]

According to the increasing importance of information enterprises of the agri-food sector require an infrastructure of information provision adapted to their needs.

This paper introduces a detailed analysis of different quality systems with regard to their information and communication structure.

Various simulation models uniformly project a decline of the cereal and silage maize area as well as ruminant production in the EU-15 in the course of decoupling of direct payments. In contrast, model results are heterogeneous with respect to the direction of the decoupling effect on oilseed and...