' choice of a dominant source for acquiring information and the knowledge about standards. The questionnaire survey research … source for gaining knowledge about standards. Domestic SMEs shape their decisions to hire consultants predominantly because … of a negative perception of standards. The usage of customer inputs as a dominant source for gaining information and …

An overview of the fundamental issues in the production, trade and regulation of organic products. It notes the … changing consumer and trade environments that are driving organics beyond the realm of niche products toward an increasingly … relevant position among other important agricultural standards. Rather than a comprehensive analysis it outlines key elements …

competitiveness perspectives that fuses climate change and trade regimes in potentially problematic ways as governments contemplate … trade actions to manage the environmental and/or competitiveness consequences of differential climate change policies. On … the trade side of this relationship, we have the reality that the GATT/WTO rules were not originally drafted to …

We assess the literature on public and private quality standards and their impact in food markets, international trade … impediment against trade and development, reflecting the complexity of these effects and their specificity to industries and …, and global supply chains. We focus on their effects on welfare, trade, industrial organization, and labor markets and with …

for adverse effects of regulatory heterogeneity on intra-EU trade in the pre-harmonization period, which questions the …