In May 2004, I was invited to give a keynote address on Wal-Mart'sinternationalisation at the 88th seminar of the European Association of AgriculturalEconomists (EAAE) in Paris. The theme of the event was "Retailing andProducer-Retailer Relationships in Food Chains" and six of the papers...

The rise of global enterprises in the world's food chain / Selma Tozanli -- The performance of multinational agribusinesses : effects of product and geographical diversification / George Anastassopoulos, Ruth Rama -- Innovation in food and beverage multinationals / Oscar Alfranca, Ruth Rama,...

This paper discusses the relation between trade and competition, revising the literature and using indicators, build with Brazilian industrial survey (PIA/IBGE) and foreign trade (Comtrade) data. The premise is that the structure of domestic competition is explained by concentration indices,...