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Social Networks and Supply chain Management in Rural Areas: A Case Study Focusing on Organic Olive Oil
Medicamento, Umberto; Degennaro, Bernardo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
In recent years, due to the growing supply of organic production, the economic performances and the competitive advantages of the farms, have become more dependent on network organisations in the supply chains. This evolution requires methodological approaches able to capture all the variables...
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COOPERATION IN LARGE NETWORKS: AN EXPERIMENTAL
Juan Camilo Cárdenas P.; Christian R. Jaramillo H. - UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE - 2007
We present a new design of a simple public goods experiment with a large number of players, where up to 80 people in a computer lab have the possibility to connect with others in the room to induce more cooperators to contribute to the public good and overcome the social dilemma. This...
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The Relocation of the Market for Australian Wool, 1880-1939
Ville, Simon - School of Accounting, Economics, and Finance, … - 2002
Between the 1880s and 1930s the international wool auction market shifted decisively from Britain to Australia. A … pastoral agent firms based in Australia who employed their local knowledge, producer contacts, and trade specialisation to … increasingly came from outside Britain, and their contacts with Australia were aided by much improved long distance shipping and …
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Management and the Free Standing Company – The New Zealand and Australia Land Company c. 1866 – 1900.
Tennent, Kevin D. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper is based on archival work carried out on the papers of the New Zealand and Australian Land Company Ltd., a Scottish free-standing company founded in Edinburgh in 1867. It explores the development of a hierarchical management system within the company, looking at how the company...
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Effects of the Private-Label Invasion in Food Industries
Ward, Michael B.; Shimshack, Jay P.; Perloff, Jeffrey M.; … - In: American Journal of Agricultural Economics 84 (2002) 4, pp. 961-973
Using supermarket scanner data, we test a variety of hypotheses from trade journals about the invasion of private-label food products. According to conventional industry wisdom, name-brand firms defended their brands against new private-label products by lowering their prices, engaging in...
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Pass-Through in United States Beef Cattle Prices: A Test of Ricardian Rent Theory
Zhao, Huan; Xiaodong, Du; Hennessy, David A. - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2011
Feeder cattle are fattened to become fed live cattle 6 months later, and the feeder cattle stock is fixed in the short-run. Efficiency in competitive markets suggests feeder cattle prices should fully reflect feed prices and information on future fed cattle prices. Employing a long time series...
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Does Farm and Processing Industry Structure Matter for Price Transmission? Some Evidence From Transition Countries: A Comparison of Dairy Sectors in Hungary and Poland
Bakucs, Zoltan; Falkowski, Jan; Ferto, Imre - Közgazdaság-tudományi Intézet, Közgazdaság- és … - 2012
Rapid and thorough changes have recently taken place in dairy supply chain in the whole Central and Eastern Europe. Growing concerns have been expressed that these changes may negatively affect farmers' relative position towards downstream industry, due to market power exercised by the latter....
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Delinking of Local and International Prices: Exploring Competition in the Bangladesh Rice Market
Mahmud, Minhaj; Wadood, Syed Naimul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
We take a broader perspective on the issue of recent price increases in the domestic rice market in Bangladesh. The query that follows is that: what exactly is the nature of competition at different stages of the domestic rice market of Bangladesh? This can be addressed only if we examine the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108355
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Pass-Through in United States Beef Cattle Prices: A Test of Ricardian Rent Theory
Zhao, Huan; Xiaodong, Du; Hennessy, David A. - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2011
Feeder cattle are fattened to become fed live cattle 6 months later, and the feeder cattle stock is fixed in the short-run. Efficiency in competitive markets suggests feeder cattle prices should fully reflect feed prices and information on future fed cattle prices. Employing a long time series...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010628240
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Kereskedelmi árrés és ártranszmisszió a magyar sertéshúspiacon
Bakucs, Lajos Zoltán - In: Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the … LII (2005) 9, pp. 648-663
Az elmúlt évtizedekben a termelőtől a fogyasztóig tartó kínálati lánc kapcsolatrendszerének tanulmányozása az élelmiszer-gazdasági rendszerek hatékonyságának, illetve a piacon uralkodó versenyhelyzet elemzésének a népszerű eszközévé vált. Noha gazdag szakirodalom...
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