The current obesity crisis in the United States is generating numerous alternative policy options for combating the problem. One alternative that has been widely proposed is an excise or sales tax on sugar-sweetened non-alcoholic beverages. This literature started out within a very simple...

Labels, certifications and endorsements signaling the quality of food have an impact on the purchasing choices of multiple segments of US consumers. At the same time, not much is known about the relationships between the sources providing information through these quality signals and consumer...

This report sets out some broad ideas about how poverty evaluation could be conducted for ACIAR research projects. As with good benefit–cost analysis, there are good practices that need to be observed when undertaking poverty analysis. While poverty is a broad concept, and can be addressed...

This research is aimed at investigating the consumer’s preference for food produced in Taiwan and the economic benefits for the country of origin labeling. The study uses both experimental auction and contingent valuation method (CVM) to investigate factors that affect the consumer’s...

The objective of the paper is to simulate the corporate value of Champagne makers by takinginto account the Champagne market evolution. These measurements are conducted by linkingfinancial debt, performance and valuation to a vertical coordination model of production-consumptionwithin a cobweb...

In an increasingly globalising market, innovation is an important strategic tool for micro, small,and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to achieve competitive advantage (Avermaete et al.,2004a; Gellynck et al., 2007; Murphy, 2002). Innovation can be defined as an ongoing processof learning, searching and...

This study investigates the strategic behaviour of food industry firms. Its two goals are to:(i) characterise strategies being employed; and(ii) identify distinct approaches to information-sharingData from an interview-format survey of Danish food industry firms are used to characterisestrategy at...

result, enterprises in the agribusiness sector are increasingly exposed to the public eye (Jansen/Vellema: 2004). The perception of consumers and other stakeholders - which are according toFreeman “any group or individual who can affect, or is affected by, the achievement of the...

In a scenario characterized by the globalization of the markets, the competitiveness of firmsacross the industries and mainly in the agri-food sector is linked to their capability to make distinguishabletheir products and communicate their uniqueness. Branding can concretely answerto these needs...

Rice sector contributes significantly to secure households with regard to their food needs but also to the creation of employments and income generation. The sector development and its evolution over the years have been marked by various policies and approaches. These development stages of the...