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Best Practice Within Australian Food Service, a Case Study: Development of quality partnerships for strategic alliances of red meat products

Cox, Rodney J.; Johnson, Sue; Cunial, Catharine M. - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 14 (2006)

This paper presents a case study of a major food service company within Australia that found itself faced with the above circumstances. A best practice program was developed to address the problem of increasing consumer complaints regarding beef meals. An audit of their wholesale suppliers...

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Best Practice Within Australian Food Service, a Case Study: Customer satisfaction with red meat products

Cox, Rodney J.; Cunial, Catharine M. - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 14 (2006)

It is often said that the â€˜consumer is always rightâ€™ and customer satisfaction is paramount for success in a business, so when a major increase in customer complaints of a large Australian food service company occurred it initiated a review. The review identified that 75% of the...

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The Role of Agribusiness Assets in Investment Portfolios

Johnson, Michael; Malcolm, Bill; O'Connor, Ian - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 14 (2006)

Investment in agribusiness assets has grown significantly in recent years. The question of interest is whether … including agribusiness assets in investment portfolios provide benefits. The effects of diversification by including … agribusiness assets in two investment portfolios, a mixed asset portfolio and a diversified share portfolio was investigated using …

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Animal Product Consumption Trends in China

Wang, Ji-Min; Zhou, Zhang-Yue; Cox, Rodney J. - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 13 (2005)

How much animal product do the Chinese consume at present? How much animal product will the Chinese consume in the near future? Plausible estimates that can answer these questions seem to be extremely scarce. On the other hand, there has been strong demand for such estimates by many in trade and...

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Evolving trends of grain production in China

Zhou, Zhang-Yue; Tian, Wei-Ming - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 14 (2006)

Grain is Chinaâ€™s most significant agricultural product, its output being the most watched indicator by government officials, traders and researchers inside and outside China. This paper looks into Chinaâ€™s grain production trends in the recent decade, both before and after...

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Understanding Variety in Landholders' Responses to Resource Policy

Kaine, Geoff; Higson, Megan - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 14 (2006)

Governments are increasingly investing scarce economic resources to change landholdersâ€™ behaviour in order to improve the management of natural resources. Landholders can respond to a policy initiative in a variety of ways, and only some of these responses are likely to be consistent with...

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Participation in Quality Assurance Programs in the Apple Industry

Bewsell, Denise; Kaine, Geoff - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 14 (2006)

There are several quality assurance (QA) programs operating in Australia for horticulturalists. The documentation of orchard activities and decision making are key features of any QA system. Activities of interest are management of pest and diseases, irrigation, fertiliser management, and fruit...

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Extending the Grapevine: Innovation and Knowledge Transmission within the Australian Wine Industry

Aylward, David - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 13 (2005)

Innovation and its uptake are two key ingredients in the Australian wine industryâ€™s rapid rise from cottage industry to international success. The industry has a well-deserved reputation of leadership in the funding, coordination and adoption of both product and process innovation. This...

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Productivity in the New Zealand Primary and Downstream Sectors

Cao, Kay; Forbes, Rod - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 15 (2007)

In this paper, we report our results in measuring total factor productivity (TFP) growth in the New Zealand primary and downstream manufacturing sectors. Our results showed strong TFP growth in the agriculture sector during 1988-2006 (2.7 percent per year). Forestry and loggingâ€™s TFP grew...

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Regulatory reform in the global economy : Asian and Latin American perspectives

Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development - 1998

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