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Fair trade and development goals in the coffee sector
Lautz, Brooke Amy - 2011
problematic with respect to development goals.  As one of the world’s most highly traded commodities and an income source for tens … sustainable development.  The discourse surrounding both fair trade and development has been affected by various theories and … reconcile the large discussion surrounding development and the claims made by fair trade companies.  In doing so, these issues …
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International Coercion, Emulation and Policy Diffusion: Market-Oriented Infrastructure Reforms, 1977-1999
Henisz, Witold J.; Zelner, Bennet A.; Guillen, Mauro F. - 2004
World Bank or Regional Development Banks is increasing over time, a finding that is consistent with anecdotal evidence that …
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Corporate-NGO Partnerships for Sustainable Development
Damlamian, Corinne - 2006
leaders – has recognized the importance of including business in the process of international development. NGOs, on the other … hand, have become instrumental in development work internationally, but they generally do not have the means and resources … social/environmental aspects of sustainable development, so they present benefits and challenges simultaneously. We shall use …
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Organic farming and fair trade in developing country as a new agribusiness paradigm: Evidence from Mali
Sinaba, Famory; Dessein, Joost; Lauwers, Ludwig; … - 2011
Organic farming and fair trade certified chains have emerged in West-Africa since the 1990s inanswer to new alternative markets in developed countries. These chains, involving actors fromNorth and South, are seen as an opportunity to sustainably valorise the small peasants agriculturein Africa...
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Characteristics and organization of the Fairtrade market in Brazil
Valentini, Elena - 2010
Fair Trade is defined as a set of socio-economic activities which are alternative to traditional and international trade. It began from the belief that the principal market's laws tend to cause serious damage to the South, and especially to the many workers devoted to 'agriculture'.The concept...
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Using a Modified Payment Card Survey on Chinese Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Fair Trade Coffee: Would the Starting Point Matter
Yang, Shang-Ho; Hu, Wuyang - 2011
Coffee consumption in China is increasing rapidly over the recent years. This study offers one of the few initial attempts to not only understand general consumption behavior associated with Chinese coffee, but to explore the viability of niche markets for coffee with the credence attribute...
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A comparative analysis of the purchase motivations of Fair Trade products: the impact of social capital
De Devitiis, Biagia; D'Alessio, Massimiliano; Maietta, … - 2008
Objective of this paper is to analyse themotivations in the purchase of Fair Trade (FT) foodproducts sold in the World Shops (WS) in order tocharacterize WS consumer profiles according to theethical content of their motivations. A questionnaire hasbeen distributed, at this end, to a sample of...
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The Impact of Social Capital on the Implicit Price Paid by the Italian Consumer for Fair Trade Coffee
Bosbach, Moritz; Maietta, Ornella Wanda - 2011
Consumers in developed countries are increasingly interested in the consumption of food products incorporating ethical aspects, particularly fair trade products. These products are usually distributed in a network of World Shops and, more recently, in supermarkets and shopping centres. The fair...
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Making WKU a Fair Trade University
Vaughan, Matthew John - 2011
Many products consumed on college campuses such as coffee and chocolate come from developing countries where producers are often paid insufficiently and exploited. Fair Trade certification of products guarantees producers a fair price and other social benefits. The objective of my CE/T project...
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Adopting the Brisoux-Larouche Model of Brand Categorization to Correlate Brand Social Responsibility in National and In-house Coffee Shops
Wencel, Fred E; Tang, Liang; Bosselman, Robert - 2011
Abstract In-house food service brands operating on college campuses struggle to build brand image without consumer awareness. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities may enhance brand image, for the customers, employees and stakeholders (Lee and Heo, 2009). Brown and Dacin (1997)...
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