This paper describes a real application of a multicriteria decision aid to sort suppliers in the Brazilian dairy industry located in Serra Talhada City. This region is very arid, and farmers have difficulty maintaining the quality required for dairy production. Five criteria were identified by...

There has been increasing recognition that for regional competitiveness in rural areas there needs to be a focus on sustainable farming initiatives especially for family farms that are competing with global conglomerates. Family farms, whilst declining in number, are the purpose of this paper...

The Greek dairy industry, with more than 1,000 companies, is extremely dynamic and developing, and it is presumably attractive to some investors, usually big foreign companies. The question of great interest is which cluster of the industry should they compete with, and what changes will that...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the concepts of escape FDI and institutional voids using an industry study within a large emerging market (China). The author shows how regulatory and structural weaknesses in the Chinese dairy sector may prompt “escape” investment and how...

The earliest known instance of scholarly writing on logistics (in 1901) is actually located in agribusiness. While case illustrations of productivity improvements in logistics in agribusiness have routinely featured in the academic literature since then, such efficiency gains are rarely cast in...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse time-series change of the competitiveness of leading companies of the sector based on their financial position regarding the period of financial crisis. Design/methodology/approach – First, high level of revenue concentration was proved;...

Purpose – Price satisfaction is an influential factor in competitive performance and business success. Strong price satisfaction enhances and sustains high quality business relationships, leading to improved profits for chain participants. The purpose of this paper is to explore the dimensions...

Purpose – Complaints about lower agricultural farm-gate price and higher consumer price have emerged in China in recent years. The large gap between dairy farm-gate price and consumer price gives rise to worries that China's dairy industry is characterized by strong degree of oligopoly. The...

This paper tests for the presence of differences among the effectiveness of profitability determinants between strategic groups with advertised and unadvertised products by using both the regression analysis and the Chow‐test. Panel data for the 23 Greek dairy firms that operated over the...

States that the continuing structural disequilibrium in the marketing of milk and milk products is of concern in the EEC. Analyses the complex intervention mechanism established by the commission for this market.