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Farmers' strategies in globalization markets: Empirical results from Germany
Inderhees, Philipp; Theuvsen, Ludwig - 2006
Today the European agrofood sector is increasingly confronted with the threatsas well as the opportunities of liberalizing markets. Therefore, competitiveness on globalmarkets is becoming of paramount importance for European farmers. The challenges ofglobal markets are accompanied by a growing...
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“Co-operative identity”: A theoretical concept for economic analysis of practical co-operation dynamics
Szabo G., Gabor - 2007
agricultural policies, opening European and world market, etc.) they will initiate new marketing strategies. To implement such new … marketing strategies, co-ops have to collect more risk capital and in Western European agricultural co-operatives this is … insights across the social sciences. It uses the results and common fi ndings of economics, law, marketing, fi nancing …
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Spatial Price Analysis Incorporating Rate of Trade: Methods and Application to United States–China Soybean Trade
Han, Shengfei; Durham, Catherine A. - 2010
A regime-switching model for analysis of market integration has been developed that incorporates rate of trade information. An application of the methods to United States–China soybean trade demonstrates that the extended trade information allows better interpretation of market conditions....
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Consumers' Preference of Rice Brands in Korea
Kim, Sounghun; Son, Eun-Young; Park, Sungho - 2009
This paper conducts several analyses to discuss about consumers' preference of rice brands and suggest a way to reduce the number that currently stands at about 1,700 in the Korean market. With data collected from 358 survey respondents, a conjoint analysis was conducted to identify consumers'...
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The Overall Significance of Attributes and Attributes’ Levels on Fresh Fruit Choice
Groot, Etienne; Albisu, Luis Miguel - 2010
marketing actions. It is very important to understand whyconsumers make elections of fresh fruits in order to increase their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443762
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Trust in the US‐EU Fruit and Vegetable Chain: Do US Exporters Understand EU Importers?
Ameseder, Christoph; House, Lisa; Haas, Rainer; … - 2010
Research on organizational and inter‐organizational trust has become an important field in management andmarketing literature, as it is perceived as a pivotal aspect of business transactions. However, clarifications arestill needed on the issue of whom we trust; is the person whom we are...
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Hog Options: Contract Redesign and Market Efficiency
Urcola, Hernan A.; Irwin, Scott H. - 2010
This article tests the efficiency of the hog options market and assesses the impact of the 1996 contract redesign on efficiency. We find that the hog options market is efficient, but some options yielded excess returns during the live hogs period but not during the lean hogs period. Our findings...
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Optimal Coverage Level Choice with Individual and Area Plans of Insurance
Bulut, Harun; Collins, Keith J.; Zacharias, Thomas P. - 2011
We theoretically examine a farmer’s coverage demand with area and individual insurance plans as either separate or integrated options. The individual and area losses are assumed to be imperfectly and positively correlated. With actuarially fair rates, the farmer will fully insure with the...
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Policy and Institutional effects on market participation by smallholder rice farmers: case studies in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger
Toure, Ali; Bamba, Ibrahim; Diagne, Aliou; Harouna, Kore; … - 2008
Rice sector contributes significantly to secure households with regard to their food needs but also to the creation of employments and income generation. The sector development and its evolution over the years have been marked by various policies and approaches. These development stages of the...
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Production Contracts and the Spot Market Price of Hogs
Key, Nigel D. - 2010
The increasing use of production contracts in the hog sector has reduced the number of spot market transactions, raised concerns about price manipulation and helped to spur legislation requiring price reporting by packers. Using data from the 2002 and 2007 Censuses of Agriculture, this study...
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