Spillover effects are treated as the influence of knowledge and innovation diffusion on an economic activity, but their analysis related to environmental practices within firms is still quite scarce. This study investigates the effect of environmental practices and related spillovers on...

The paper analyses the productivity of marketing cooperatives incorporating environmental inputs/outputs. In the European agriculture, expectations for attaining sustainable and competitive agriculture rely to a great extent on the cooperative sector's ability to adapt to new market conditions....

The objective of this study is to determine the impact of environmental practices and improved quality on business competition variables such as efficiency, profitability and market share among the Andalucian fresh fruit and vegetable co-operative sector. The study takes as a reference the...

This paper analyses the potential demand for sea transport services for agrifood exports to European countries. The approach of the study is based on the random utility and the application of discrete choice models to two alternative transports: land and sea. The empirical analysis takes as its...

La actual configuración de la distribución alimentaria en el contexto europeo lleva asociado un mayor protagonismo de las organizaciones de productores en la comercialización en un sector como las frutas y hortalizas frescas. La conexión más directa con las centrales distribuidoras, supone...

This article is a study of the environmental strategies adopted in the service industry and their impact on a firm's performance. More specifically, we define the environmental strategies of 268 Spanish hotels, based on their environmental protection activities and the use of these as an...

This study analyzes the logic behind the development of environmental responsiveness in companies that are located in geographical clusters. Drawing on previous research, we contend that competitiveness and legitimation are important sources of variation in these companies’ environmental...

En este trabajo se examina la relación entre distintos tipos de colaboración y competencia con la innovación de producto, diferenciando entre empresas nuevas y establecidas. Las hipótesis propuestas sugieren un patrón de «co-operación» diferenciado. Específicamente, para las empresas...