The latest orientations of the CAP have had remarkable and wide-spread effects on the whole agri-food sector. It has deeply influenced the entrepreneurs' choices, with reference both to the production techniques and to the business organization. The changes have had inevitable reflexes on the...

Recent literature about gravity models points out the importance of institutional frictions in the international market of agricultural products beyond the traditional economics variables as transport costs reducing the mass of trade in bilateral relationships. In particular, previous...

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'straceability objectives and its resources, as reflected in...

The "quality issue" in the agri-food sector has been gaining importance over the past few years. Firms are continually searching for techniques and tools which permit production of goods that meet as many as possible of the characteristics demanded by the market. Quality assurance methods and...

The aim of this article is to evaluate Italian consumers’ acceptance and willingness to purchase GM foods based on the type of benefit (input vs output trait) and product (plant based vs animal based).Two surveys were administered in two consecutive years (2004 and 2005) and the data used to...

The successful literature about gravitational models stresses that bilateral trade flows among countries is influenced by GDP factors and transaction costs. In other words the mass of bilateral trade would be related to the typical demand-supply factors which explain the quantity of traded goods...

European producers of fresh vegetables are under pressure to improve their performance in order toincrease competitiveness. Innovative products and processes and competitive advantage can be gained by the creationand use of unique resources as an outcome of cooperation between producers and...