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Capturing Fugitive Resources in a Globalized Economy: The Case of Marine Aquaculture in Hawai`i
Suryanata, Krisna; Umemoto, Karen - 2001
realized. First, the issues of equity and overlapping claims associated with marine aquaculture production must be resolved … aquaculture operators and exclusive cultural claims (over the fish species) on behalf of native Hawaiians. Second, commercial … marine aquaculture production must be placed in the context of a globalized economy that generally favors large trans …
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Transforming salmonid aquaculture from a consumer to a producer of long chain omega-3 fatty acids
Turchini, Giovanni M.; Francis, David S.; Keast, … - 2011
objective of this study was to evaluate the role of salmonid aquaculture as a user or supplier of n− 3 LC-PUFA, as a means of … understanding the potential of the sector in conserving or depleting wild fisheries. A case-study feeding trial was implemented on … into a net producer of health promoting n−3 LC-PUFA and accomplish its role in conserving wild fisheries in the future. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483746
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TAX POLICY ISSUES - TAXATION OF HUNGARIAN AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY
Molnar, Barna; Goda, Matyas; Kocsis-Andrasik, Agnes - 2005
In modern market economies the majority of state revenues is derived from taxation. Since 1988 the Hungarian regulations on taxation follow the practices of developed countries. The system of burdening is focused/based more and more on consumption instead of production as a result of tax...
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Eco-Labels and International Trade in Textiles
Nimon, R. Wesley; Beghin, John C. - 1999
This paper provides a formal analysis of the welfare and trade implications of eco-labeling schemes. A simple model of vertical (quality) differentiation captures major stylized features of the textiles market in which trading takes place between an industrialized North (domestic) and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443078
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Trader-supplier Coordination in the Agrifood Supply Chains in Northern Ethiopia
Alemu, Abebe Ejigu; Mathijis, Erik; Maertens, Miet; … - 2011
There exists a huge agrifood potential in Ethiopia. However, the country's agrifood supply chains are underdeveloped to deliver quality supply to traders and supplement household livelihoods from the sector. The key factors that determine the proper functioning of supplier-trader chains were not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443369
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The Financial Value of Champagne Houses in a Cobweb Economy
Declerck, Francis; Cloutier, L. Martin - 2008
The objective of the paper is to simulate the corporate value of Champagne makers by takinginto account the Champagne market evolution. These measurements are conducted by linkingfinancial debt, performance and valuation to a vertical coordination model of production-consumptionwithin a cobweb...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444749
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Globalization and Poverty in Senegal: A Worst Case Scenario?
Maertens, Miet; Colen, Liesbeth; Swinnen, Johan F.M. - 2009
There is no consensus about how globalization –trade and foreign investments – affects poverty reduction. Using household survey data, this study contributes to the empirical literature on globalization and poverty by analyzing the household-level implications of increased foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444843
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Quantifying Strategic Choice Along the Vertical Coordination Continuum
Wysocki, Allen F.; Peterson, H. Christopher; Harsh, … - 2003
The qualitative and quantitative results of a study undertaken to test a decision framework firms might consider in choosing a vertical coordination strategy are presented. The posited five-step decision making process tested that a change in coordination strategy would occur if and only if a...
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Euro-Mediterranean Supply Chain Developments and Trends in Trade Structures, in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Sector
Kalaitzis, Prodromos; van Dijk, Gert; Baourakis, George - 2007
Supply chains for fresh fruit and vegetables, are going through considerable re-shaping phase worldwide.This study analyses the trends which impose those changes and focuses mainly at the wholesale and exporttrading of the Euro-Mediterranean supply chain (namely, on how fruit and vegetable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445012
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Trade, Standards and Poverty. Evidence from Senegal
Maertens, Miet; Swinnen, Johan F.M. - 2007
The debate on trade and poverty is reinforced by recent studies on the role of standards. It is argued that increasing standards act as trade barriers for developing countries and cause further marginalization of the poor. This paper is the first to quantify income and poverty effects of such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445120