Nach 45 Jahren Zentralverwaltungswirtschaft setzte in der polnischen Ökonomie und Gesellschaft der Transformationsprozeß hin zur Marktwirtschaft ein. 1989/1990 entschied sich Polen als erstes Land Mittelosteuropas zu radikalen Reformen, die sowohl Maßnahmen zur makroökonomischen...

This discussion paper deals with the estimation of a random coefficient model. The virtue of this approach is that it considers firm heterogeneity, which conventional SFA models do not. Applying the model to Polish farms, the results indicate that the conventional random and fixed effect models...

Das Ziel der vorliegenden Studie war es, die Wettbewerbsprozesse innerhalb der polnischen fleischverarbeitenden Industrie während der ersten sechs Transformationsjahre empirisch zu untersuchen. Hierbei wurde zwei Fragestellungen nachgegangen. Wie hat sich die Intensität des Wettbewerbs in...

The rise of a western-style middle class in many successful emerging economies like China currently is inducing deep structural changes on agricultural world markets and within the global agri-food business. As a result of both higher incomes and concerns over product safety and quality the...

The challenge of implementing EU quality and safety standards for food production and trading is one of the driving forces behind the restructuring of the agrofood chains in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC). The progress made in the compliance process not only varies amongst sectors...

It is the objective of the present study to examine the competitive processes within the Polish meat processing industry during the first six years of transformation empirically. In particular, two questions were posed: How did the intensity of competition develop in this sector since the...

Agricultural enterprises in transitioncountries face dynamic changes in the prevailingeconomic, legal and political conditions. The success ofan enterprise depends on its ability to adjust its farmingsystem in response to these changing conditions. To meetthis challenge, flexible and adaptable...

During recent years, the number of farms able to generate satisfactory income fromagricultural production has continuously decreased in advanced economies. The mainreasons are the implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy of 1992 and theincreasing capitalization of the primary sector. The...