The objective of this paper is to examine value chain governance through case studies of four different certified value … involvement in value-based certification schemes (Ethical Trading Initiative, Fairtrade, Organic and Rainforest Alliance) on … certified producers in Tanzania. Each of these certification schemes makes claims on specific values that it is instilling in a …

Food safety problems such as the BSE and dioxin crises focused attention on traceability systems and the certification … of such systems. This study analyzes the status and perspectives of traceability systems and certification schemes, and … reviews their potential costs and benefits. Results indicate that traceability and certification in meat supply chains …

Laos is an income-poor but resource-rich country heavily dependent upon its natural forest resources. This paper uses … target level of forest stock are derived from the model. Results show that it is likely that the steady state level of the … forest stock will be lower than the government's target. In order to minimise the difference between the target and actual …

as forest certification, might not improve competitive performance unless they are aligned with the firm’s resources and …This research considers the question “Does it Pay to be Green?” which has been debated by forest industry practitioners …, there is still a lot of skepticism and ambiguity floating around in the Asian forest products industry about “Green” and …

Secondary markets have adopted a number of quality signaling mechanismssuch as certification to reduce information … examine the impact oftheir information-acquisition on the choice of certification, as well asthe price paid. We compare the … findings highlight that product-related informationsubstitutes, and price-related information complements, certification …

National Laboratory (LANL) is working to achieve Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) certification to enable them to transport …. Since the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) has achieved WIPP certification, INEEL personnel … the particular software quality assurance requirements required for WIPP certification. …

Professional standards are a significant issue for professions such as IT and Project Management, where certification …

certification costs, certification that fully reveals information makes high quality producers better off, but make the entire … industry worse off. In this case, the benefit from the revelation of the quality does not outweigh certification costs and the … rather than full revelation for some values of the certification costs. …