This study shows an overview about investigations in the field of mergers and acquisitions of agribusiness companies (milk and sugar) and examines the trade off effect between efficiency gains on business level and dangers for competition policy. The study underlines relevant results of mergers...

In some cases spot markets failure to govern to whole or a part of the marketing channel effectively and contractual relations are gaining more importance. It is especially true in case of agricultural markets, since these markets became more differentiated and market players are vulnerable in...

The German dairy supply chain is one of the most important agrifood supply chains in Germany. In 2015, raw milk production accounted for 19.2% of the total domestic agricultural production value and dairy products summed up 8.0% of total German agrifood exports. Nevertheless, the economic...