In der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft haben Fragen der Qualität und Sicherheit in den vergangenen Jahren erheblich an Bedeutung gewonnen. Ursächlich dafür sind u.a. verschiedene Lebensmittelkrisen. Es wurden daher erhebliche Anstrengungen unternommen, die Qualität und gesundheitliche...

Acquisitions have been the growing trend in recent years, giving brewers the opportunity to enhance their degree of internationalization and market share remarkably through diverse one-off deals. Larger brewers are faced with low prospects for volume growth in developed markets leading them to...

Ein Vorhaben zum Bau einer Tierhaltungsanlage kann besonders aufgrund der vielen Abstandsauflagen schnell aufwendig und teuer werden. Die hohen Anforderungen an den Standort von Tierhaltungsanlagen führen des Öfteren zur Ablehnung von Bauvorhaben. Der mit dem Genehmigungsverfahren verbundene...

More than a decade ago, path dependence turned out to become a promising research program for agricultural economics. This article reviews important trends in path dependence research and highlights its role in the economics of technology, institutional economics, agricultural economics, and...

Due to new legislation, contractual commitments and societal demands, the need to document production processes has been growing continuously for farmers. This is particularly so with regard to plant protection. In this study, we surveyed how 581 farmers from Lower Saxony meet the documentation...

Increasing competitive pressures as well as growing requirements with regard to quality and safety pose a continuous challenge for farmers in European agrifood netchains. Against this background, the significance of network‐wide collaboration has been pointed out in recent years – especially...

The volatility of agricultural markets has increased remarkably in recent years. In spite of this, the way in which supply chain actors perceive market volatility has only rarely been analyzed. This paper seeks to close this research gap by presenting empirical findings about how the volatility...