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Certification Programs,' estimates the consumer welfare benefits from the increase in scope of USDA beef quality certification … has been offered as a reason for the decline. Certification programs provide producers a new way to differentiate and … consumer welfare by approximately 2% of beef expenditure. The second essay, 'Grading and Quality Certification in Beef …
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both certification and trademarks are available. Shapiro’s (1983) model ofreputation is extended to reflect both collective … and firm-specific reputations, and this framework isused to study certification and trademarks for food products with a … withasymmetric information and moral hazard problems, credible certification schemes reduce the costof establishing reputation and …
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Certification, geographic association and traceability of food and drink products are quality cues that have not been …
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Due to the growing prominence of quality management systems in health, this article presents the theoretical background and the results of an empirical study conducted among the Institutes of public health in the Republic of Croatia, with the aim to determine the level of implementation of TQM...
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The pellet market has experienced a continuous development and increase in recent years due to a number of positive properties of this enhanced biomass. However the supply chain has not been entirely able to follow the same trend, causing some issues, often related to the quality of traded...
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With the increasing use of ISO 9000, claims have surfaced that the process of certification is being carried out in … certificates, and certification bodies, from some countries are being thought of as being better or worse than others. Explains how …
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Purpose – This paper aims to introduce the theme issue question “why and how should the international volunteer tourism experience be improved?”. Design/methodology/approach – An Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded Festival of Social Science event entitled “Pursuing...
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In this paper we extend Lizzeri's simple model of information transmission through certification intermediaries. A …
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This paper focuses on consumer confusion when firms may choose between credible and non-credible certification systems … equilibria, in which either all firms select the credible certification or all firms select the non-credible certification. A … situation with numerous confused consumers is characterized by the complete absence of credible certification. …
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that more firms are becoming aware of the benefits of seeking ISO certification and seeing the need for adopting quality … procedure in implementing a quality system and in seeking ISO 9000 certification.  …
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